Its g2a as the title says so I can't see myself getting it even at this price.
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They're (usually) small digital retailers who get their keys from developers/publishers. However, there are a lot of cases where a retailer gets them through other means which is a big issue as no money is going to the developers/publishers for the purchase.
Personally I've purchased many expensive games from G2A and Kinguin and have only ever run into one or two issues which were quickly rectified.
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According to SteamDB there are no region locked cd keys for this game: https://steamdb.info/app/863550/subs/
So probably bought it from Russian stores or some others.
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That's not how IDs are released even on preorder.
Monster Hunter World is preorder. It has sub IDs for region locks: https://steamdb.info/app/582010/subs/
Two Point Hospital is preorder. It has sub IDs for region locks: https://steamdb.info/app/535930/subs/
Etc.
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Pre-order keys and region-locking have nothing to do with each other. The publisher, when they post the game on the Steam store, already define the region locks, even if we are a year before release. It is required to be able to set the prices. Considering Hitman 2 (2018) (this title still irks me, we had a Hitman 2 already in 2002, even if the upcoming one's player base weren't even born yet back then) has all of its prices set already, this means that it indeed has no region-specific keys, only the standard cross-region lock.
This is also why it is almost surely a bunch of Russian keys sold on G2A now, they most likely took the keys from the physical pre-orders or acquired some press ones.
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It seems so, yes. Since you need separately defined sub-products that are tied to regions to tie keys to those.
Keep in mind that acquiring actual keys for low local prices is rather tricky, considering you'd usually need physical copies from said region. But this is how G2A and their ilk actually mostly work, people from stores (and sometimes actual purchasers, but those are rare) just post the keys from the disk copies. If a real buyer buys them and finds an already used key, it is the store/company that has to pay it, not the guy who posted the code online—assuming laws even force the store to pay back the price and they cannot just laugh the guy off, who will then lose his money and the game because some entitled brat on the other side of the world had to use the grey market, since it is a few cents cheaper.
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I guess the same applies for RESIDENT EVIL 2 - https://steamdb.info/app/883710/subs/
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Consider that it's a hefty amount of money and you would be taking a considerable risk.
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If anything the "shady" site like that that I trust the most is gameflip. G2A is the worst.
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I've had personal experience, and most of it was bad. From both buying aspects and selling aspects. One time they refused to accept my code even with my purchase confirmation after submitting tickets because it was from a different email (I have like 10 emails it's not like i'm not allowed to have more) and after refusing to accept my keys/pay me out I tried using the cash on there to make a few purchases and they always scaled the prices and put "hidden" fees everywhere.
On the plus side, gameflip doesn't do any weird things like that, it's just straight purchase and/or sale, the options to contact the seller/buyer are way more approachable and you know how much their fees are. So far I've had 0 issues in comparison.
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Glad to hear! Yeah the g2a shield is just a fear mongering way to get more cash from people. You're already buying from an unreliable source, why would you pay them more so they can pretend to be reliable :p
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Considering GameFlip is a legit company registered in and operating from the United States, not an obvious tax evasion and possible money laundering operation controlled from Eastern Europe through a set of SEA shell companies registered in Singapore and Hong Kong, given the choice, I'd try my hand at hoping to trust GameFlip as well, if I feel adventurous.
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It costs around 16€ here on retailers and the keys are ROW(worldwide). Once it gets released, I'll sell it on G2A for around 24€ so I'd say it's not as shady as most people think.
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It used to work, now the system also checks for your billing adress. If you write your billing adress as Turkey, your bank might not initiate the payment. And physical selling retailers sell it about 10% cheaper.
Also, finding a stable and safe VPN in Turkey is kinda hard.
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I am currently in Turkey but actually living in Germany. Do you think it would work if I pre order the game for 18 Euro here in Turkey for my german Steam account?
And did you look on this page: https://www.durmaplay.com/tr/store/hitman-2/buy/standard-edition-4
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If you changed your Steam Store to the Turkish version and buy it here, you'd still have the game when you go back to Germany and change your store to the German Steam Store. I lived in Slovenia for 5 months, I could play everything I bought here without a problem and the game I bought from Slovenian Steam Store still works in Turkey. I don't know if Germany has an exception but it should be fine.
Durmaplay usually sends Steam gifts (everything I bought from them except a W10 key was a Steam gift). Gift might not work when you get back to Germany, try to find a key.
HITMAN™2 Silver Edition - 98.40 TRY on GMG
HITMAN™2 Standard Edition - 89 TRY on Playstore ( only official key distributor in Turkey )
HITMAN™2 Standard Edition - 102 TRY on Gamersgate. Tho they're having some trouble with their payment system, it's currently impossible to buy anything from there. It should be fixed soon.
Your safest bet would be asking the Steam support tho, it's always better to buy it on Steam directly since you can refund if something goes wrong.
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It's safe but not very professional.
Kolay gelsin kardeşim ^^
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The thing is, with g2a I would basically supporting the grey market sites that are damaging developers so much, and in extension even other user of steamgifts, because bundles and sales are getting worse everyday because of it
So, thanks, but no, thanks
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modify title or it is now a clickbait, offer hasn't last long ...
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So i just saw that HITMAN 2 is already down to 30 euros and 27 for the Pre-Purchase. Anyone know where these keys come from? And yes its G2A and not everyone likes it or uses it but this is pretty cheap right? You can find it here
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