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G2A.COM’s main offerings are game key codes for platforms such as Steam, EA app, Uplay, PlayStation Network, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, as well as gift cards, top-ups, and other digital products. [5] As a marketplace, G2A.COM does not sell any digital items itself. Instead, the platform is an intermediary between buyers and sellers.
Origin in February 2015. The Origin store allows users to browse and purchase games from Electronic Arts' catalogs. Instead of receiving a box, disc, or even CD key, purchased software is immediately attached to the user's Origin account and is to be downloaded with the corresponding Origin client.
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 .
The Steam store also enables users to redeem store product keys to add software from their library. The keys are sold by third-party providers such as Humble Bundle , distributed as part of a physical release, or given to a user as part of promotions, often used to deliver Kickstarter and other crowdfunding rewards.
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.
Some developers instead used a licensing system where 'full versions' could be unlocked from the downloaded software with the purchase of a key, thereby making this method the first true digital distribution method for PC Software.
The service was launched on 3 February 2009, as Amazon Digital Game Store, having 600+ game titles available for download at that time. [1] On 7 August 2013, it was launched in the United Kingdom. [2] On 12 November 2013, Amazon launched a digital PlayStation store. [3]
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.