Did you find any interesting bundles to buy in this batch?
do people buy these bundles - i mean i might get this for giveaways but how legit is the dig bundles? heard it can be fishy
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What do you mean by "legit" ? Whether one does actually get keys for these games upon purchasing a bundle? Yes, from own experience some time back, these keys work and didn't get revoked (and they are currently donating 50% of the store proceeds to WHO Covid-19 Response Fund). So if there had been problem with a or some of the bundles in the past, I would think that a dev delivered a faulty batch of keys to the site.
The quality of the games is a bit different topic of course, with it being rather rare to see a bundle such as this one:
https://www.dailyindiegame.com/site_weeklybundle_397.html
where currently Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry and Manual Samuel stand out (and Airport Madness is quite solid for what it is).
But if one has a thing for type/s of indie games, such as puzzle or platformer, some can be found there. And if one digs deeper into the site, one can find e.g. We Are the Dwarves for $0.30 - which sure isn't the Cyberpunk 2077 everyone dreams about, but playable and/or not the worst as giveaway.
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thanks i had heard they got keys that were not official sometimes
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Most of the times the keys come from Russian retail stores and are bundled without the approval of the developers. They are also sold 3 times the price in the bundle or on the DIG Point store. Because they come from third party stores, sometimes the keys are duplicate, so every 10 bundles or so DIG has to find replacements - also from those stores, mind you. In the last batch of 10, there was one bundle which was modified 3-4 times, every time replacing a game with new duplicate keys from a different bundle.
For example, taking the most recent bundle (Weekly 481), here are the prices on Russian shops and approximated in dollars:
PhotoWorld: Smooth Сorners = 7.01 rub = $0.10
Throw Knives = 7.68 rub = $0.10
Extreme racing = 7.39 rub = $0.10
Water Ball = 7.2 rub = $0.10
Halloween Memory = 8.64 rub = $0.12
Traffic V = 8.16 rub = $0.11
Space Memory = 7.68 rub = $0.10
Crazzers = 5.28 rub = $0.07
Lawnmower Game: Racing = 5.76 rub = $0.08
So DIG buy these games for $0.88 (probably with some extra discount because they're bought in bulk) and sells them for $2.99 in a bundle. Profit!!!
But sometimes DIG does indeed have a contract with the developers - usually when the bundle price is $4.99 but even then the quality of games is extremely bad for that price. I mean, you can buy a very decent Fanatical with that money or if you add $3 more you can buy 1 month of Choice, but the games featured in a $5 DIG bundle are just trash and asset flips that are sold at exorbitant prices on the Steam store.
There are people who buy these bundles, likely for collection purposes. DIG usually sell between 50-100 copies, from what I've seen.
P.S: Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry is sold for $0.17, Manual Samuel for $0.27, so not even the better games mentioned by DaLejd above are worth buying DIG bundles.
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thanks Lily - i thought this might be the case - so i will stay away from them - anywhere you could by smaller games cheep but legit - i also take it that these Russian sites are not official either
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The Russian shops are legit and must have contracts with the developers since they usually sell thousands of their keys.
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The type of people who sell their game in bulk for 4 cents a pop tend to either be bad at managing key batches, shady, or might later regret it and revoke/deactivate keys. Hell, people around here who've been buying legitimate bundles for a while have had a key revoked or had their unused keys deactivated/invalidated.
In some cases, like ArcaneRaise, the dev/publisher used an exploit in the steamworks backend to generate batches of keys after their game was banned, and Valve deactivated or revoked some batches of those keys.
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If the Russian stores buy directly from devs while DIG is an unauthorized reseller then why are the former not allowed to be mentioned here while the latter is?
On the other hand I don't really understand SG staff's lax response to the 20-50P asset flips that can be bought in Russian shops for 11 cents or so. They are very slow to make the bundled game list which means any alt can get past the $100 unbundled value Steam account requirement for like 50 cents at most. And even if they are put on the reduced CV list they offer far more CV for money spent than normal bundles.
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If the Russian stores buy directly from devs while DIG is an unauthorized reseller then why are the former not allowed to be mentioned here while the latter is?
That is a question for the SG staff, not for me.
Considering how much scamming DIG engages in (not only through their bundles, but also through their market / raffles), I would forbid posting their bundles or links on SG, but this topic was discussed already with the support team and the request was declined. More info: here and here.
On the other hand I don't really understand SG staff's lax response to the 20-50P asset flips that can be bought in Russian shops for 11 cents or so. They are very slow to make the bundled game list which means any alt can get past the $100 unbundled value Steam account requirement for like 50 cents at most. And even if they are put on the reduced CV list they offer far more CV for money spent than normal bundles.
Most of them rend up with 0 CV and the giveaway creator's CV is retroactively updated, so there's no harm in letting these live for some weeks before any kind of adjustment - apart from wasting people's points :D
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Key for Vendetta on Fanatical was $0.71 the cheapest for a limited time period.
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/l9h1v/fanatical-build-your-own-rpg-bundle
Key for Vendetta on DIG can be purchased individually for $0.45, as long as stock lasts.
But yeah, the selection on DIG sure isn't great. Just meant to point out that I didn't have a problem with DIG (and some of the games get bundled other places too, and not necessarily cheaper).
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Or in another example, on Fanatical this bundle was to be had for $2.49
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/ZD8L7/fanatical-outlaw-bundle
And what can you get for $2.50 on DIG? Currently e.g.:
Bomber Crew $0.60
Vendetta - Curse of Raven s Cry $0.45
Serial Cleaner $0.30
Sid Meier s Civilization III Complete $0.35
Frozen Synapse Prime $0.35
Six Sides of the World $0.45
And when both of these would be on offer as bundles, and you had a coupon to pick one of them, which one would you pick?
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DIG Weekly Bundle 480 - BARGAIN
1 Tier, 9 Items
24 May 2021 - 13 Jun 2021
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$0.49
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 481
1 Tier, 9 Items
25 May 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
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$2.99
⚙️ - Steam is learning about this game, therefore some features will be limited (no card drops, achievements won't count, the game will not give a +1 to your library etc.) More Changes Addressing Fake Games
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 482
1 Tier, 9 Items
26 May 2021 - 16 Jun 2021
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$1.49
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 483
1 Tier, 9 Items
27 May 2021 - 17 Jun 2021
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$4.99
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 484
1 Tier, 9 Items
28 May 2021 - 18 Jun 2021
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$2.99
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 485 - ADULT
1 Tiers, 9 Items
29 May 2021 - 19 Jun 2021
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Tier 1 - $1.99
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 486
1 Tier, 9 Items
30 May 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
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$1.49
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 487
1 Tier, 9 Items
31 May 2021 - 21 Jun 2021
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$1.49
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 488
1 Tier, 9 Items
01 Jun 2021 - 22 Jun 2021
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$1.99
⚙️ - Steam is learning about this game, therefore some features will be limited (no card drops, achievements won't count, the game will not give a +1 to your library etc.) More Changes Addressing Fake Games
Retail:
CV:
DIG Weekly Bundle 489
1 Tier, 9 Items
02 Jun 2021 - 23 Jul 2021
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$1.49
Retail:
CV:
☠ - Game was free at some time and does not grant any CV if given away.
⚙️ - Steam is learning about this game, therefore some features will be limited (no card drops, achievements won't count, the game will not give a +1 to your library etc.) More Changes Addressing Fake Games
🚫 - Banned (the game will not give a +1 to your library and will not appear in your public library)
🔞 - Adult-content / requires age check
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