PSA: Don't buy the Witcher 3 through GMG. UPDATE!

[Artorias]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't region locking the main issue? If GMG got keys that aren't region locking buyers then there is no issue, however they got them shouldn't at all matter.

Its their business to sell keys at whatever price they want.

 

[SunnyD]

Costco isnt selling grey market items Do you understand grey market?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market

Yes I do. But it appears a lot of others in this thread don't... hence my post.

 

[JSt0rm]

Yes I do. But it appears a lot of others in this thread don't... hence my post.

Well your post didnt really make ant sense to me, sorry.

 

[norseamd]

So does GOG sell products or services?

 

[JSt0rm]

So does GOG sell products or services?

Both? If they facilitate downloads and support tickets those are services and the games are products.

 

[norseamd]

Both? If they facilitate downloads and support tickets those are services and the games are products.

Well obviously the first ones are services and there is nothing wrong with that. I was talking about the games themselves. Would the EULA from the developers or publishers themselves make the games services regardless of GOG anyways?

 

[smackababy]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't region locking the main issue? If GMG got keys that aren't region locking buyers then there is no issue, however they got them shouldn't at all matter.

Its their business to sell keys at whatever price they want.

Most keys aren't region locked.

 

[JSt0rm]

Well obviously the first ones are services and there is nothing wrong with that. I was talking about the games themselves. Would the EULA from the developers or publishers themselves make the games services regardless of GOG anyways?

I dont think that would be possibly in every country on the planet.

 

[chimaxi83]

I'm still trying to figure out why we should care? Are we supposed to ask legitimate, established resellers where they get keys from before we buy from them? Give me a break.

 

[JSt0rm]

I'm still trying to figure out why we should care? Are we supposed to ask legitimate, established resellers where they get keys from before we buy from them? Give me a break.

In this case yes. It has been brought to your attention for a reason. If you choose to ignore it then you could possibly be buying a free key given to nvidia or something from the gray market that was intended for sale in a 3rd world country or something and carried a lower price tag.

 

[smackababy]

I'm still trying to figure out why we should care? Are we supposed to ask legitimate, established resellers where they get keys from before we buy from them? Give me a break.

When the only place distributing said legitimate products raises questions about them, yes. If Apple released a statement saying "beware of buying iPads or iPhones from Best Buy, as they are not authorized sellers of the product", I would question the authenticity of iPhones and iPads, especially those sold at significant discount, from Best Buy.


You, as a bargain shopping consumer, might not care; but, don't expect the license issuer to care or guarantee that product will function in the region you are in.

 

[JSt0rm]

remember the orange box gray keys from some years ago? They all got shut down.

 

[cmdrdredd]

At first glance it seems like CDPR is throwing a fit because GMG is selling codes and they aren't on the "approved list" for political and/or monetary reasons and had to go around them.

Though there is obviously info we aren't getting.

 

[JSt0rm]

so has anyone who purchased from gmg gotten their key yet? If not then cdpr will probably need to wait with everyone else to see where the keys came from.

 

[ImpulsE69]

so has anyone who purchased from gmg gotten their key yet? If not then cdpr will probably need to wait with everyone else to see where the keys came from.

No, you don't get keys for prepurchase until release day.

 

[digitaldurandal]

CDPR claimed they are not getting any revenue from the game sales but that is a lie. Unless GMG found a way to manufacture keys, which I don't believe. The truth is that CDPR is getting less of a cut most likely. If GMG bought keys intended for sale in another region. However, I don't believe CDPR actually region locks as they have been pretty antiDRM in the past.

 

[smackababy]

At first glance it seems like CDPR is throwing a fit because GMG is selling codes and they aren't on the "approved list" for political and/or monetary reasons and had to go around them.

Though there is obviously info we aren't getting.

I think they are throwing a fit because offering a deep discount on a code where the only available codes for that region are more costly seems fishy. That, with the fact GMG is not on the list of retailers CDPR gave codes to be distributed through, makes it equally fishy.

Rather than simply clearing the air and providing proof the codes are legit, GMG is doing who knows what.

 

[JSt0rm]

No, you don't get keys for prepurchase until release day.

So we wont know until release where these keys are from. Fun times :biggrin:

 

[Cerb]

So does GOG sell products or services?

Neither. In some countries, it may count as a product, and there have been EU attempts to make that true, but in most of the developed world, they are selling access to digital content, which is treated differently than anything else a consumer purchases.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Well I wish I knew this before I bought W3 from GMG 2 days ago. Here is to hoping the key I get is legit.

 

[norseamd]

Well I wish I knew this before I bought W3 from GMG 2 days ago. Here is to hoping the key I get is legit.

Oy vey!

How the mighty IP lawyers have fallen!

Sacre bleu!

Time yet for seppuku?

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Oy vey!

How the mighty IP lawyers have fallen!

Sacre bleu!

Time yet for seppuku?

No need to go to such extremes. I just requested a refund from GMG. Will buy the game from Steam or GOG. Probably Steam.

 

[Craig234]

How is it that Project CD Red can't tell where a key is from? They originally sold it to someone.

 

[norseamd]

How is it that Project CD Red can't tell where a key is from? They originally sold it to someone.

Because they have no idea what keys GMG actually has. And even then they are only gong to know the first point of sale from CDPR.

 

[Craig234]

Because they have no idea what keys GMG actually has. And even then they are only gong to know the first point of sale from CDPR.

So, buy one or a few samples, and then they know a source. How many sources do they think there are? How many times do they think they're resold?