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G2A.COM Limited (commonly referred to as G2A) is a digital marketplace headquartered in the Netherlands, [1] [2] with offices in Poland and Hong Kong. [3] [4] The site operates in the resale of gaming offers and others digital items by the use of redemption keys.
Product key on a Proof of License Certificate of Authenticity for Windows Vista Home Premium. A product key, also known as a software key, serial key or activation key, is a specific software-based key for a computer program. It certifies that the copy of the program is original. Product keys consist of a series of numbers and/or letters.
Fanatical (formerly Bundle Stars) is a United Kingdom-based online video game retailer. It has sold more than 80 million officially authorised game keys to over two million customers globally. [2] Fanatical has a catalogue of over 8,000 games from more than 1,000 game publishers and developers. [3]
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.
GamersGate AB (formerly Gamer's Gate) is a Sweden-based online video game store offering electronic strategy guides [3] and games for Windows, macOS, and Linux via direct download. [4] It is a competitor to online video game services such as Steam , GOG.com , and Direct2Drive .
PC code stripping is a process by which boxed PC product is bought in large quantities at cheap rates. Manual labor is then used to open the box, retrieve the activation code from the box and enter the code into a database. The activation code is then sold online as a download key and the physical product is discarded or sold as backup media. [19]
In one form, product activation refers to a method invented by Ric Richardson and patented (U.S. patent 5,490,216) by Uniloc where a software application hashes hardware serial numbers and an ID number specific to the product's license (a product key) to generate a unique installation ID.
In 2015, Green Man Gaming responded to accusations of unauthorized keys being sold on the Store. The majority of keys come directly from publishers, with the occasional need to offer keys for games from publishers that are unable to provide them directly due to commercial restrictions.