Quoting: SkarjakI'm with you on everything except the shaming of people with little financial means who use key resellers. Someone who struggles to make ends meet and has to decide how to spend what little income they have on a bit of entertainment should not really concern themselves with philosophical battles over free software and the like. Worrying about gnu+linux and stuff like that is the domain of the wealthy, people who have their basic needs easily taken care of and are looking for stuff to care about. When you don't have much you just try to get by. And yes, you do need entertainment of some form if you don't want to go crazy, it's not entirely a luxury, and a cheap computer + cheap games can be very cost-effective in that regard.z

Also, I think they are absolutely entitled to purchase keys from these companies, as they are operating legally. If Steam is not happy with G2A, they can sue them out of existence. Assuming they will win. Until then, it's a legit, albeit possibly morally questionable company.

In the end, these people are not stealing. They are paying for a product. It comes off as very self-righteous to criticize, or give lessons about "entitlement". Almost like an organic food supporter chewing out someone on welfare for buying cheap, non-organic veggies.

People have other stuff to worry about.

But of course, for the rest of us who have large quantities of disposable income, we should not support these resellers if we want to see the platform supported.

This was my point about entitlement. It is not a philosophical battle, and it's completely unrelated to arguments about free software. You're comparing apples to oranges in that respect.

I firmly believe that not having a bunch of disposable income doesn't suddenly entitle you to computer games.

There's nothing self-righteous about what I am talking about, simply laying out some facts and some best practices for people who may not be aware.

I've gone months and months on end without buying games before, simply because I could not afford it. I simply don't agree with the thinking that financial struggles = entitlement to games for cheap from questionable sources. Even worse when people know the facts. It's not just getting the games for cheap, but losing access to your games when those cut-price keys get revoked by developers (which does happen).

Like I said in the article, sales happen nearly all the time. It's a matter of being patient, not using what are essentially excuses.

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Quoting: crt0mega

Humble Bundle/Store - Humble as mentioned above in our quote from Edwin usually have keys for each platform.

Thanks! Now I feel reassured¹ for the bunch of games I've bought there.

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¹: Had to look this up on dict.cc, not sure if it's the correct word.

Yup, you used it correctly. It means it has removed doubt for you.

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I've added in a bit about Games Republic too, thanks for reminding me.

Games Republic - Their answer to me from last time:

We work directly with developers & online retailers like Nexway, which work directly with publishers too. We got that information on our About Us page: https://gamesrepublic.com/service/about-us.html [External Link]

We sell only legitimate and authorized keys received directly from the publishers

Edit: I wouldn't have ever expected less from Games Republic, since they are owned by 11bit (developer of This War of Mine, Anomaly).

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Updated, added in a statement from itch.

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Wasn't meant at you directly :)

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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: rustybroomhandleInvalid argument since the game will be on sale again. I know every sale seems like a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing, but really it's not. On Steam the sales run like clockwork. At least two big sales still left this year.

I get the point (buying before the Linux launch) but when money is so tight sometimes you can't resist cheap deals.
I personally refrained myself from buying it (there were very good deals on Bundle Stars) because I prefer to buy it from the Feral Store, where I know the money will go to them. If there's also a sale, that's even better.

I'm in the middle of finishing an editorial about all of this.

The fact is, if the price is too high, you shouldn't seek other more questionable sources to satisfy your hobby. At the risk of losing your key if it gets revoked by the developer, or just flat-out being a Windows sale bringing down Linux stats.

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Quoting: kDomb

Quoting: RavenHow about trying to get a gamingonlinux flag added to the game? Would fly it proudly :)

+1 <3

https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux/status/783730258612813824 [External Link]

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Quoting: CronykHello community,

I have a problem with the games:

When I start Retribution, I can't invite friends (They have Windows). Something like unknown joining event.
But we see the exact same number of online players.

So I thought maby Linux and Windows can't play together, so I reinstalled in wine ( 1.9.2) and installing d3dx9. It works great, but no steam overlay an no invites. can anyone help?

Ubuntu 16.04 ;-)

Greetings from Cronyk

Multiplayer is only Linux vs Mac, it is not compatible with Windows. This was stated near the top of the article.

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Quoting: ungutknut

Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: ungutknutNice! Bought it a few days ago when it was -75% on steam - speculating that it'll be released on linux.

Except, now it counts as a Windows sale, and Feral get none of the money for it.

I don't care. Wouldn't have bought it anyway if it wasn't that cheap.

And it's people like you that help to reduce our already small sale count for developers. Nice one, not.

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Quoting: g000hHi,

This raises an interesting point. If you buy a game (e.g. when it is on Sale), but don't USE the Steam key (i.e. you don't activate the game on Steam immediately) then you can hold back and activate it when it is out on Linux.

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: g000hIf anyone wants to risk buying it now, 2 weeks before its Linux release, I spotted a sweet deal here:

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max [External Link]

66% off the full price.

Pretty sure that counts as a Windows sale. And bypasses Feral completely of course. But if supporting Linux gaming isn't a priority for you, that's a decent deal.

I'm hyped for this one. I haven't bought Dawn of War yet (not really my thing, but I'll probably pick it up around Christmas), and I haven't finished Life is Strange yet. But this... this is instabuy/instaplay material. Great stuff!

No, do not buy a game from any place before the Linux version is released. No matter what, it will NOT count as a Linux sale.

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