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"Just buy the game on Steam": Indie publisher behind a recent banger that sold 300k copies in its first week warns against key resellers after canceling hundreds of scalped keys (www.gamesradar.com)
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[โ€“] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do the keys even exist? If it's such a burden, don't generate or sell keys, just rely on the official store fronts standard purchase process.

[โ€“] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

A lot of official store fronts provide steam keys with your purchase because Steam is so universal.