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Re:Pirate our games, don't buy them from key resellers, say ... by stefan_ on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:26PM (#20396794)
I thought the reason platforms such as Steam collect an outrageous cut of 30% is in at least covering the costs of this fraud, which is in any case still a tiny fraction of that percentage.
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Re:Pirate our games, don't buy them from key resellers, say ... by SXX on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:26PM (#20397341)
Steam itselt dont sell keys to end users at all and ability to sell gifts is really limited. Though game developers / publishers can generate any reasonable amount of Steam keys for free and sell them outside of Steam where Steam itself get absolutely nothing.

This is where most of fraud take place and game developers lose a lot of money on it.

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