Guess I won't be using G2A anymore.
Guess I won't be using G2A anymore
yay, more anti-consumerism, thanks Nintendo
Is this legal? G2A is a legal, legitimate storefront right?
You are seriously naive
Most G2A cards are bought using stolen credit cards.
in this case. good
Here is probably what happened, as has happened a lot:
>Russians steal CC
>Russians use CC to buy game code
>Russians sell game code on G2A
Based Nintendo.
so legal indie developers said they'd rather have their game pirated than bought on G2A because they can actually lose money with each copy.
Don't give a fuck I get all my keys for MULTIPLAYER GAMES on grey market sites like cheapdigitaldownload.com
and PIRATE single player games.
Guess I won't be buying Nintendo products anymore.
Maybe don't sell game codes then if that's an issue?
>Man steals switch
>Switch gets sold on eBay or thrisft store
>Someone buys stolen switch
>the one that bought the stolen switch gets arrested
Hmmm.
Should of read the fine print that was in the original packaging.
In before, during and after people defending buying games with stolen credit cards so that they can console war.
And this is why I pirate all my nintendo games and will never give them a single cent for a game, ever.
Imagine being a paying customer and having your games literally stolen from you because they don't approve of the way you paid for them.
And the best part is that the retard who got banned probably still believes nintendo is his friend after this and will keep giving them money like a good little piggie.
>buying games
he had it coming.
Not arrested, but confiscated. And that shit happens all the time when buying pawned stuff
More like:
>man counterfeits bills
>spreads counterfeit bills around
>someone else gets one and tries to pay for something with one of those bills
>it gets it taken from them without replacement
Yes, exactly. This is part of the reason this shit is a crime.
But how is the consoomer at fault
>>it gets it taken from them without replacement
And then all their other legitimately obtained money also gets taken from their bank? Because that's what happened here, the guy lost all the games on his account.
Knowingly buying a stolen product is a crime.
>Knowingly
How was the consumer supposed to know that it was stolen? Nothing on g2a says "these keys are stolen"
>anti-consumerism
love this meme
>man wants switch
>doesn't want to pay full price, doesn't want to buy second hand
>goes down to local market know for being full of theives
>buys suspiciously cheap switch
>cops come and take switch back because its stolen
>man cries "wtf i bought it fair and square!!!!"
Of course they're not going to advertise that they sell stolen goods. It is up to the end user to research the storefronts they purchase from and to be wary of dubious marketplaces.
Being a dumbass online is why phishing scams work. Because idiots believe any official-looking email they get in their inbox.
No one who's selling you that 30 buck stereo is saying it was stolen either. Come one dude, use your brain
It is well known this happens on G2A and other key reselling sites. Maybe do some research before you throw your money at random people on the internet.
>It is up to the end user to research the storefronts they purchase from
No user, it is not up to the consumer. I have every right to type "cheap nintendo games" into google, click on the first site, and buy a game. If nintendo don't want their game keys being resold on these sites, they shouldn't sell game keys in the first place, it's that simple. But oh wait, if they didn't distribute keys then how would they save those 50 cents on each bundled console they sell by including a digital code instead of a physical game? Oh, the humanity!
Not everyone is a basement dwelling incel like you who spends all day on reddit reading about which game stores are legitimate and which ones aren't.
>Using Gays2Adults
What makes people do it. Buy the game, or dont, whatever. Pick one, half measures are fuckstupid.
>I have every right to type "cheap nintendo games" into google
ok and nintendo has every right to ban your console if the game you bought was stolen
Thats retarded. Just remove the game from the account like Steam does.
No user, no they don't. They have the right to remove the illegitimate game. If they remove anything else that was legitimately paid for, that's called theft.
>agree to let nintendo ban your console for literally any reason they want
>buy stolen cd key
>nintendo bans your console
>t-that's theft!
based retard
>Nothing on g2a says "these keys are stolen"
Yeah it does, you know its stolen because its on g2a
>someone else signs a contract that says I am allowed to murder them
>murder them
>go to jail
woooooooooow what the fuck he agreed to it!!!!
You also have the right to walk into the first shady alley you see and buy a small baggie marked "sugar" from a dude in a trench coat for $1, saving you $6 from actually buying a bag of sugar at a grocery store. But you'll still be a fucking retard with no sense of self preservation, risking that your purchased "sugar" isn't actually crack cocaine and you later getting busted by the cops.
The stupidity here is your own fault. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
>buy Nioh on G2A for 20 bucks
>it goes on sale like 3 days later on Steam because Nioh 2 is coming out
>it was 15 dollars
H-haha, at least I didn't get my Steam account banned.
You would have a point if he bought the stolen Switch at Gamestop or Walmart. If he bought it from Sleezy Pete with a reputation for selling stolen goods, then he knew exactly what he was getting involved in and should suffer appropriate consequences.
>clicking on a completely legitimate resale website that thousands of people use is the equivalent of buying drugs in an alley
I know nincels are stupid but this is a whole new low
It's like saying you shouldn't use ebay because there are people selling stolen items there
Bunch of corporate cocksucking little faggot ass bitches in this thread. Catch corona and die please.
>steal
nice meme. russians buy legitimate codes within russia, because they are marked down for poverty. otherwise, they'd never get sold. they try to sell them back to other countries for cheaper, because fuck companies. companies get butthurt, and make up lies to dissuade people from getting cheaper products because they want paypigs from wealthier countries to continue paying full price.
>Give game code to unwary friend
>Tell him its legit
>He gets banned
Owned. Thats what he gets for trusting me
>Buy game from a seller on ebay with no reputation for cheap
>Get a box full of dog poop and seller disappears
>"WTF why did I get scammed???"
Not him but you do know G2A has seller ratings as well, right?
If that happens, ebay gives you a refund.
Shocking, I know. You must not be used to corporations not fucking you in the ass, being a nintendo fan and all.
still haven't seen any actual sources on this meme. by sheer volume it simply can't be true for G2A's revenue now. they are grey market keys sure being sold outside of their home region, but most keys of that nature nowadays are activation locked to it anyway.
>clicking on a completely legitimate resale
Ehhhhhhhhhhh
no, it's mostly third party sellers on there like a marketplace
It's a meme spread by game publishers and their paypigs. "I paid full price for it, so everyone should" is their logic.
>if sony does it
>LOOK LOOK HOW BAD SONY IS !11 LOOK LOOK SNOY SNOY SNOY!!1
It depends on the country as well as the product.
For example: These key resellers buy keys as they go on sale. For example, RDR2 for Steam is 80% off. These companies buy thousands of keys at 80% off. When the sale is over, they mark the price up and resale. You're thinking, "so what?" Right? Read the Terms and Conditions of the sale. This act is specifically prohibited. Anyone that has a stake in this can pull the plug any time they want and the consumer has no recourse.
You should have just bought eshop credit instead.
How would they even know he bought it from G2A? I mean, if it was on a stolen credit card, the owner should just be able to do a charge back, which would invalidate the code
Its the same issue user
>Buy store credit via third party that uses illegitimate means to obtain codes
>Redeem credit code
>Nintendo bans you for using code from stolen CC
user, if you intentionally buy goods from a fence you are also guilty of irresponsibility.
I wouldn't figure it was sugar, but coke for a dollar is even more absurd.
I got a usd eshop card from g2a, im safe, right Yas Forumsros?
I've learned that nintendo can basically do anything at this point and there will always be actual cuckolds ready to defend them on Yas Forums. Never has there existed such a shit-devouring fanbase before.
is this something g2a specific or is any online shop selling digital codes possibly going to fuck your switch
The fuck do you think, retard? No.
well good that it was less than 20 dollar, used that only to get mhgu during us sale since im eurocuck and dont know of a better place to buy eshop gift cards for other countries.
I mean, Nintendo wasnt really in the wrong here. You commit a crime, or benefit from the commission of a crime, you run the risk of getting caught. I'd be defending Sony if they did the same thing honestly
You'd think, but corporations like nintendo enjoy fucking the customer in the ass and will delete your entire account if you chargeback one game.
It is anti consumerist, because it negatively impacted the consumer when the consumer was not at personal fault. Do I need to explain words to you?
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eBay sides with the customer on all disputes
>You commit a crime
Well you heard it here first folks. Buying a game is a crime.
Based department?
Why don't you see how this is useful, Yas Forums?
>Buy game from G2A
>Give code to someone you don't like
>Reading comprehension
Read the second half of the statement you american retard
Benefitting from the commission of a crime is not necessarily a crime, either.
>Scams are ok as long as the person scammed isn’t a complete cynical person and trusts any person
>benefit from the commission of a crime
Not illegal, fuck off.
What is Son of Sam Law
Yes, it's their fault for selling massive amounts of keys at steep discounts.
They essentially still want those bulk sales but never want them to actually be resold, what do they think people are buying bulk keys for?
>buy something that "feel out of the truck"
>consumers right!
A law that has nothing to do with what you're claiming, dipshit.
What kind of monkey buy console games digitally?
>What kind of monkey buy console games?
ftfy
>any other publisher or indie dev complaining about G2A
>Yas Forums: fuck you jews, stop complaining about cheap keys and make a good game
>Nintendo outright banning their users for it
>Yas Forums: BASED, G2A is bad!!
Really makes me think.
And they buy them with stolen CCs.
Yes.
Wrong.
>Person takes out insurance policy on spouse.
>Names son the beneficiary rather than themselves
>Kills spouse and files insurance claim
The son would not receive the insurance money as result, even though he didnt commit the crime
> Arrested
He didn't get arrested. Stop using bullshit analogies with stakes that were way more extreme than what actually happened.
and what does that have to do with buying games, retard?
This punishes people for doing something completely legal while the people who stole the game and sold it are doing fine.
It literally says who was banned in OP’s post too.
Nothing is wrong with G2A. If you can't prove every key was bought with a stolen credit card, then any purchase I make I can reasonably assume it's a legit key.
Now would your dumb ass like to use an example that has something to do with buying videogames?
>Reddit user ck02623 claimed their Nintendo Account was banned after redeeming a Nintendo Switch download code he purchased from G2A.
Sure
>Person steals physical video game from gamestop delivery truck
>Tries to sell at Pawnshop
>Pawnshop owner buys game, then turns around and sells it
If the police investigate pawnshop owner and find out he purchased a stolen game, the money he made form the sale would be forfeit. This is why pawnshops will not knowingly buy stolen goods or goods they have a feeling IS stolen
Remember when Valve Drones would recklessly defend Valve for things like Pony references or Dull Graphics?
Yeah, Nintendo fans make them look like reasonable people