Kinguin of course is not going to challenge Ubisoft in court as we are not match up for these giants. “They did it just because they simply can. “We believe Ubisoft had no legal basis for its action,” he continued. The banned game copies in question were acquired through licensed wholesale distributors and as such the origin of the ‘keys’ is the publisher himself.” Kinguin, one of the re-sellers whose keys are being deactivated, had the following to say via chief marketing officer Bartłomiej Skarbiński: “The current case raised by Ubisoft is surely unfair towards the players. In the meantime customers should contact the vendor from whom they purchased their key.”
#WHAT IS A CD KEY FOR UBISOFT UPDATE#
“We regularly deactivate keys that were fraudulently obtained and resold,” said the representative, adding “In this case, we are currently investigating the origin of the fraud and will update customers when we have more information to share. Ubisoft has released an official statement to Game Informer confirming earlier forum reports of users having their games removed from their libraries. Well, if you bought a copy of Far Cry 4 from a re-seller such as G2A or Kinguin, that may be exactly what is about to happen. However, once you’ve paid for the key, had your game client accept it, and are able to boot up the game, you wouldn’t really expect for it to be suddenly taken away. Original Story: Buying CD-keys from third-party re-sellers (IE: anywhere other than Steam/uPlay/Origin or a retail store) always comes with an inherent risk, just as buying anything on eBay. G2A.COM will make every possible exertion to prevent this kind of procedures in the future and exclude merchants responsible for such incidents from the marketplace.
#WHAT IS A CD KEY FOR UBISOFT CODE#
Any user who used G2A Shield affected by the current process will get either a new code for the game or the money back. If so, these users will get a compensation. For users who have made transactions without G2A Shield, we will check if the corresponding merchant was responsible for the withdrawal of the code. However, we are well aware of this process and will do everything possible to compensate for that. G2A.COM is not in any case responsible for any of these procedures. Update: G2A, one of the other re-sellers involved in this situation, released the following statement via Facebook:Īs some of you may already know, steps have been taken to remove games purchased indirectly from a publisher, via main marketplaces in the web. Meanwhile, Kinguin has chipped in, claiming an unidentified Russian bought the keys, which were then offered to around 35 of the re-seller’s 4000 merchants, and that it expects to refund approximately 148,377 euros to its customers. EA has confirmed that this is indeed the case. Update 2: Ubisoft has updated its official statement, saying that the stolen keys in question were purchased from EA’s Origin platform using stolen credit cards. If you bought a Far Cry 4 CD-key from a third-party re-seller such as G2A or Kinguin, it may soon be removed from your account.
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