Ubisoft Going After Third-party Key Sellers
Keys that have been "fraudulently" obtained and resold by third party websites will be deactivated by Ubisoft. Websites such as Kinguin and G2Play sell games for a lower price than traditional sites such as Steam or Uplay, ignoring the official prices that the games sell for.
Games such as Assassin's Creed: Unity and Far Cry 4 are selling for a significant amount less than the regular price of £44.99, understandably tempting customers into buying them. Ubisoft told Eurogamer yesterday that:
We regularly deactivate keys that were fraudulently obtained and resold. In this case, we are currently investigating the origin of the fraud, and will update customers as soon as we have more information to share. In the meantime, customers should contact the vendor from whom they purchased the key.
Hopefully Ubisoft will look into the matter properly and not deactivate keys only suspected to have been obtained in a wrongful manner.
COMMENTS
azrael316 - 08:16pm, 27th January 2015
Not had my copy of Far Cry 4 pulled as yet, got it from G2A. Apparently the issue is that certain sellers were using stolen CC details, so when the charge back happens the game becomes stolen property.
Guest - 10:19pm, 27th January 2015
I understand why Ubisoft are doing it but it seems unfair on the customers, especially if they don't know how the keys are obtained.