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more about #graymarket Asbestos_Underwear: If Activision sells a working code to any retailer, they loose the right to approve the person who buys it at that retailer. It is not that complicate... more » doubtful: Yet we continue the headlong rush to digital only rent-buying. These stories should serve as a warning. more » DrunkAus: This is such a dick move by Activision, fuck Activision. more » Arkhaiz: Something I don't understand is why don't these companies go after gray/black markets instead of going after the consumers? In this case IW/activisio... more » Marios_shadow: What a bunch of bullshit! Every single time I start thinking "Hey, maybe Digital Distribution isn't so bad!" some company fucks it up, and I snap bac... more » Strife Fox †: Am I missing something here? They still payed for their key, and I'm assuming Activision makes these keys, sells them to different retailers, and the ... more » Sullyville: This is a great way to endear yourselves to people who want to actually give you money for your product. Next time, crack down on the resellers and n... more » Mancomb Seepgood of the Elevator Protection Agency: "The keys being sold cost less than the full game, and both publisher and digital distributor stateside want to protect their bottom lines." So? If t... more » SketchyIndividual: If you go to a shady back-alley doctor rather then a hospital for health-care, you should expect something to go wrong and have the hardware (in this ... more » oldirtdog: keys here!!!! grabban keys. more » kitsuneconundrum: how can we legally force consumers to buy our product multiple times? IDEA! more » aniteshj: I'm not feeling sorry for people who have been hit by this. Unless its a authorized reseller I never go near a online store. I mean, was it really so ... more » SuperTongue: Wouldn't it be worse that the game is being pirated? I think they are loosing more money from people pirating the game than people paying less than fu... more » DigitalHero: Valve is lowering the boom. I wonder if having the disc is part of an license agreement or whatever when you buy it off steam? I don't own that vers... more » DaveKap: Look at it this way. Activision and Valve know who can and cannot sell their product. If they say that G2Play.net is not allowed to sell their produ... more » EDGE: While I understand Valves need to protect their business interests... I must say that a consumer who believes they have purchased a legitimate copy o... more » WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: So basically it's a legal sale of a real legal thing that legally means they own the game...and they ban it because it was cheaper, but still complete... more » -
#banhammer
Valve Bans Gray-Market Modern Warfare 2 Keys
Some who bought CD keys for Modern Warfare 2 - no physicial media in other words - from import resellers have seen their access to the game vanish, as Activision has apparently asked Valve to ban such keys. More »
