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by ridgewell 2533 days ago
I would be surprised why game developers and publishers don't cancel out old keys from free giveaways to prevent hoarding and reselling then.
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Steam has a page that lets developers query whether a key has been redeemed, but it only lets you query one key at a time. This makes it a pain to discover unredeemed keys. You also have no way of knowing if an unredeemed key is held by a legitimate potential player or someone trying to hoard and resell.