![]() ![]() G2A profits from the ignorance of gamers to their practices. ![]() For your convenience I have posted a list of some of those sources below, so that you can read them for yourself and use them in future discussions regarding this platform. I provided them with a wide variety of sources detailing their various shady activities. I've been collating statements, videos and articles on G2As various bad practices for years now so this was not difficult. They were concerned since they had received significant blowback on social media and wanted to know if I could back up my claims. The morning after I posted this on social media I was contacted by Gearbox who asked me to be provide proof of what I was saying regarding G2A. It is a serious issue, not one I take lightly and I felt that it was important to draw a line and take a stand on this issue, sending a message to publishers and developers that working with G2A is a mistake. Small start-up digital retailers such as Indiegamestand had to shut down under the burden of credit card chargebacks. A lesser known incident with Unknown Worlds and Natural Selection 2 almost bankrupted the company. Companies such as Tinybuild have publicly stated that they have lost large sums of money this way. This practice has gone on for a number of years and only gotten worse as a result of G2As rise in popularity. These issues and far more besides are detailed in the list of links at the bottom of this statement. G2A actively profits from these sales in many ways, which include the practice of selling a form of insurance against stolen goods listed on their own website, an insurance that happens to be incredibly difficult to unsubscribe from due to underhanded tactics from the company. G2As existence as an easy place to sell keys acquired en-masse through credit card fraud, thanks to their lax checks and lack of corporate responsibility, has done damage to indie developers, publishers and retailers who are often hit with large numbers of credit card chargebacks. G2A is a company that profits directly from stolen goods. After hearing about the G2A and Gearbox partnership to produce a collectors edition of Bulletstorm: Full Clip, I made the decision to stop covering Gearbox games. ![]()
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