Buyers will no longer have to select their location from a drop-down menu when purchasing an item on G2A.COM. “Additionally, G2A.COM will add automatic geolocation to streamline its marketplace. “This information will be included, among other places, on the bills provided to buyers, allowing them to know exactly who they are purchasing products from. “Starting July 1st, 2017, buyers will have access to detailed information about the sellers on G2A.COM, including their names and addresses,” the note said. Additionally, buyers were allowed to self-report their country of residency, allowing for the possibility of value added tax fraud. While their identities are known to G2A, they were allowed to publicly hide behind a pseudonym. Since its inception, G2A has offered its resellers anonymity. When reached for comment on its Deal program, G2A sent along an additional note about upcoming changes to its security policies. The truth behind those mysteriously cheap gray market game codes Everyone who agreed to speak with us on the record said that while G2A was a good partner, the sales they realized under this program were marginal at best. Polygon spoke with some of the more than 100 developers in the G2A Direct program in March which, in addition to other benefits, allows developers to collect a fee from anyone on the G2A marketplace that sells their games second-hand. Thankfully, we cooperate with the majority of developers without any problems." "Although such responses and instances are rare, it still isn't something we like to see. "Unfortunately, some developers choose to respond aggressively to a polite email from one of our employees and then use it for self-promotion," Lefanowicz said. He used it as a symbol of his solidarity with other indie developers, some of which accuse G2A of undercutting them and cheating them out of sales. Nick Popovich, the maker of Slime Rancher, posted an email from G2A. Still, at least one developer who was solicited for inclusion in G2A Deal isn't happy about the program.
#gamedev /XyWARQzbp6- Nick Popovich June 26, 2017 All the developers who have already worked with us on G2A Deal have been satisfied with the program and the way in which it works."Ī promise is a promise. Unlike other such offers, we pay developers and publishers up front for the keys. "The way it works is that we purchase games directly from developers and publishers and place them into our G2A Deal pack.
"G2A Deal is created by and is part of G2A Direct, our developer and publisher program," Gabriela Lefanowicz, G2A's public relations specialist, tells Polygon. An auto-renewing subscription is slightly less.
#G2a left 4 dead bundle simulator#
The current G2A Deal offers up Tropico 4, Dungeons 2, Case: Animatronics, 12 is Better than 6 and Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 - a bundle that G2A itself values at more than $90 when bought on Steam - for about $3.40. The first bundle included Lords of the Fallen, Superhot, Dirt 3, Siberia and Siberia 2 for the equivalent of less than $2. G2A confirmed to Polygon that those keys activating the games are purchased directly from developers and publishers. It's a bundle of games offered at a deep discount as a one-time purchase or as a recurring subscription. G2A heckled by developers at its own panelīut in February, the company launched a service which it calls G2A Deal.