Hi guys, how's it going? So Star Wars Codron has been released, very exciting for everybody. The question is where can you purchase it for the best price? That's what we're going to be talking about today. Hello, Bonjour, come on, Sava. Welcome to the channel. This is your very first time. Nice to meet you. And welcome back to all our regular subscribers. Woof! You're awesome. Thanks for your continuous support. And by the way, how are you doing? How are things in your part of the world? Is COVID better now? Do leave a comment below so that we can have more of a chat. I think that will be pretty cool. This is, by the way, V.I. Essentials where we talk about the practical uses of virtual reality. And today, woo! I'm so pumped. We're talking about Star Wars, Squadron, of course, and do subscribe to the channel because we're going to be doing a whole bunch of different videos about Star Wars Squadron, not just the review, but other things. But today, we're talking about where you could potentially buy it for the best price. So just in case you're new to virtual reality or you've never played a game using a PC before. And then, when you make a purchase, it's you'll be provided with what is called a CD key. So this key, you'll copy-paste it in whatever platform, generally speaking, it will be a platform called Steam. And then it will unlock the game and download directly on your computer. So over the years, it's been a whole bunch of different affiliates and resellers that have been popping up online. If you were to do a search for CD keys, Star Wars Squadron in your search engine, you'll see there'll be so many different search results. It can be pretty intimidating. And also, of course, time consuming because you'll have to go through every single one, one by one. And not to mention that a lot of these resellers, what they do is they go into all these different countries to find CD keys really for cheap and then resell them for premium, which can put pressure on official resellers and not to mention they're not being vetted through by the original game publishers. So you could well fall victim if you make a purchase and then not receiving your key. But there are a few that are quite reputable. So I'll put a link in the description below the like button. So do go and check those out after this video. And also let me share with you how potentially you could be protected. So I spent some considerable time online trying to find the best place where you could purchase Star Wars Squadron for the cheapest price as possible. And if this is an option for you, for example, if you're not really someone who likes to purchase games all the time, or maybe you play much more PC titles versus PC VR titles, then EA have a solution, which is called EA Play Troll, which is basically a subscription based platform where you pay from $29 or $30 per month. And then of course the moment that you cancel the subscription, then the game will fall fit and will disappear. But you could also have the choice to purchase the game on the spot without any subscription whatsoever. So this could be specifically useful, as I mentioned, if you're someone who plays a lot of different games on PC only because they only have a very few amount of PC VR titles. And by the way, there is another platform very similar to EA Play Pro, which is called Viveport, and Viveport specializes more on the VR side of things. But unfortunately, Star Wars Squadron is not available on Viveport at the moment. Another option is to purchase it from Steam. If you're not familiar with who they are, Steam are the most official and recognized platform in the world, where it comes to downloading PC VR and also PC titles. They have every title and imaginable that you can think of on the platform. However, it is not the cheapest option, but if you want guarantee and 100% trust, then that could be an option for you. Now if you're more of a maverick and you enjoy taking a little bit more risks and you want to go via the CDK route, which are not official resellers nominated by the game publisher, well, one of the resellers that I have been going to that I find has been safe so far is a platform called Enneva. As I mentioned before, there are so many of these different platforms around. The certain things you're going to want to do to make sure that you're protected as much as possible. The first thing that you should do is make sure that there's either a money back guarantee or some form of support that is provided by the platform. If you're on one of these websites and you find it's really hard to find where the contact button is or it's just difficult to navigate where you're supposed to get hold of support or get able to get information about getting a refund or FAQ or anything like that, then that is a red flag you may want to look at another platform. If you'll gather any point in time, tell Zooten and just not sure then simply don't take the risk. The information about protection on these websites has to be made very clear in plain English that's easy to understand and presented in a very professional way. Now another thing that you could do of course is copy paste the name of that website and do a search for it and see whether you know there are any bad reviews out there or any comments on Reddit or other platforms where people have potentially had a bad experience or equally a really good experience which could potentially give you more confidence to want to purchase from one of these platforms. Another thing to be aware of is that the price fluctuates on these unofficial resellers. So generally they change every two or three weeks or so but one day it could be 20 US dollars cheaper than the official price and then the other it could be 20 US dollars above the actual price on the game publishes website. The platform that you go to also needs to be very clear and very easy to navigate to find out the information as to how to activate the CD key. Now normally speaking when you are purchasing a CD key from a unofficial reseller they'll provide you a steam key so you will need to download steam on your computer and then you will go to add key which is at the bottom left hand side and then go through the different steps put the key in and then boom you can basically activate it from there. Now there's a lot of information on these different platforms which looks quite clattery and can make things look quite confusing. So do make sure that before you press the buy confirm button that it is in the platform that you need it in. So for example if you're purchasing a PSVR make sure it's a PSVR and not PC version and equally if you're buying for PC VR then make sure it's not the PSVR version. The platform should also make it clear as to what comes with the CD key and what the game's about with pictures of the game potentially a trailer of the game. Any information that you will find on steam because again steam is the most official global platform so if it looks different from steam then chances are they might be an issue with the unofficial reseller. Another thing to make sure when you go on these reseller websites is to make sure you can activate it in your own country. So generally speaking they have a global version but again make sure that this platform can provide you the ability to double check that you can actually activate it in your country because if it doesn't then you might be taking a subsequent other risk where you can purchase it you give the key but then you won't be able to activate it in your own country. Another tip is that you can potentially save money by checking the different currency values. So for example you can change it from euros to UK pound sterling to US dollar or whatever it might be. For example purchasing a game in US dollars for me here in Singapore is cheaper than purchasing it in euros due to the currency fluctuation. Another tip in choosing a unofficial reseller would be that make sure that you can purchase the game without having to necessarily create an account with that reseller because generally what will happen is it will take you in the address so forward it to someone else and then you might actually start getting a lot of spam so do make sure you can make a purchase without having to create a log in of any kind. Whichever reseller you decide to make your purchase from make sure that they provided the option to make payment using a third party platform for example I use PayPal and there are two reasons why. First of all I don't have to input my credit card inside the reseller's website which provides me with added security and secondly if I want my money back and I may have an issue with the actual platform I can go through PayPal to mediate a potential refund. Another thing that you can do is look at the reviews of the different resellers within the platforms themselves make sure that they have good scores good stars or good reviews from various different people and again what you could do is copy paste the name of those sub people who are listing within there and potentially you can find them online where other people have left reviews that are not part of the platform where it would substantially the confidence before you actually make the purchase. Now I've used in about quite a number of times and I know other people who've used them as well and none of us have had an issue however this is not a sponsored video and this video is in no means to persuade you to use their platform so we cannot be held responsible if anything goes wrong you are ultimately the one who decides where you choose to make your purchase of any VR application.