Amazon responds after third-party sellers have smuggled games on their store

Over the weekend, some thrifty players spotted an agreement on Amazon. A downloadable version of Strategy Frostpunk's hard survival strategy was available on the Amazon market from a third-party vendor for $ 3, which is a 90 percent reduction from the standard $ 30 price. But after looking into the game, some customers who dropped the three dollars had questions. For example, why the metadata of this version of Frostpunk refers to the DRM-free version that people can buy at GOG

"It's piracy", the user of Reddit CodépendantWealthy wrote on the forum GameDeals. "Someone took the GOG version of the game, repacked it with his own installation program signed and published by" Ace Media Group LLC ", and submitted it to Amazon. The installation program seems pretty legitimate, but the uninstaller does not work.They left the GOG metadata files and Galaxy64.dll (for the Galaxy GOG client integration) in the directory. installation. "

This sent Savvy's server, Lewie Procter, on looking for answers from Amazon . He found that no one in the company was able to provide him with a satisfactory answer – although this also happened at the Surviving Mars, Observer and Lords of Xulmia games.

Amazon, and he provided the following statement from a company spokesman:

"Our customers believe that when they make a purchase through the Amazon store – either directly from Amazon or its third-party vendors – they will receive genuine products, and we take any claims that endanger that trust seriously.We strictly prohibit the sale of counterfeit products, and these games have been removed. "[19659006] That's all he would say about it. For its part, the developer of Frostpunk, 11 Bit Studios, said that he was able to terminate the transaction quickly by contacting Amazon. But it is also now to support the sale of a game that is not legitimate, does not connect to Steam or any other service to receive updates, and does not support the sale of a game that is not legitimate, does not connect to Steam or any other service to receive updates, and does not did not generate revenue for 11 Bit.

a solution that will satisfy all parties, including those who bought the game, "reads in an 11-bit statement. "Anyone who [bought the game through this deal] should contact us at [email protected], and we will do everything we can to solve this problem."

I have reached 11 bits to learn more, and I will continue to report with any new information from the company on what Amazon has done to rectify the situation. In the meantime, go play Frostpunk, which is one of my favorite games of the year.