G2A agrees to pay Factorio dev $40,000 for selling stolen game keys

I only purchase keys from key reseller websites when the publisher doesn't deserve the money. Like Borderlands 3. F you, Randy.

But indie game I always purchase directly in the store to support those guys and everybody should, really.

One time i had issues and got my money back in wallet (still had to pay their fee again), another time i got a game that was different then advertised and so i gave all my screenshots as proof, and they were like screw it, you don't get anything back, so now i am saying screw you i will go elsewhere.

One time I bought L.A Noire from G2A (Because it's not available in my region from Steam) and I didn't notice that it's on HB. I still regret it but I'm glad that it wasn't and indie game or something.

Well i bought train valley 2 from g2a because its cheap. I know its giving away part of humble choice but i dont interest the rest. G2A is like wild west and if you buy something not bundled, risk is increasing but i had no problem with the seperate bundle keys.

But I thought G2A was completely above board and not at all responsible for what's sold in their marketplace? Surely this isn't just some shallow PR attempt at saving face.

However, G2A has made it clear now that the deal was a one-time offer. Moving forward, with the company's point about the "seriousness of fraud in the industry" having been made, it will only compensate developers for their actual losses; the 10x multiplier will not apply

Ah, there it is.

However, G2A has made it clear now that the deal was a one-time offer

So hold up, how does that work? Couldn't another publisher request compensation if they sell stolen keys through their platform again? If not, why would they feel obligated to agree to giving Wube Software $40k in compensation? It almost sounds more like G2A is trying to discourage other publishers from following suit or suing even though they would be in legal trouble if they didn't settle it outside of court like they have with Wube.

Anyone more knowledgeable regarding legal stuff could provide some insight on why they'd provide this compensation to Wube, but then claim they wouldn't do it again as if they didn't have to do so?

Steam doesn't give you an extra copy of the game for activation of the game code. So what should the people do with all leftovers from the bundles? The developer can also use the payment like PayPal to protect themselves. I know thet it doesn't protect against stolen credit card, but at the moment there was added a two way verification. This protect the payment good enough against froud.

The "we'll pay 10x" was originally a bluff on their part, thinking that nobody would be able to sufficiently follow through on the proof side of things. It was originally phrased as a pledge by the company as to make them seem like they were confident in their business model / quality of service.

While most places would just invent an excuse and not pay up at all, they did still shrink away from the whole pledge thing the second the bluff was called, and not paying up even the once would have pretty much been the final nail in whatever image they try to maintain. Oh well, so long as they're finally coughing up the money for chargebacks facilitated by their service.

I had a few games to sell and it sells pretty high sometimes on kinguin but you can't cashout, you must spend the money on Knguin.

I actually bought some games from those sites - mainly if a game was removed or if the offer included preorder DLC that is not available in steam store (I honestly hate when developers cut content out of the game and offer it as preorder exclusive).