News Elite: Dangerous Steam Keys

[gofast1993]

The store website is down

 

[Iain M Norman]

wait.... so we get a new key for a game? so anyone can give this key to a friend that don't own Elite...

No.

Iain

Note: the key you generate will add Elite: Dangerous to any Steam library but WILL NOT grant access to the game without an existing registered Frontier account and copy of the game. For this reason, please don’t give your keys away to friends! They won’t be able to play without having already bought the game from Steam or the EliteDangerous.com store!

 

[CaptainKremmen]

wait.... so we get a new key for a game? so anyone can give this key to a friend that don't own Elite...

Already answered by Edward Lewis' first post. At the bottom.

 

[Djinn144]

Many thanks, just makes tracking hours played easier for me, and i will love to see how many 1000s of hours i enjoy this beautiful game for(not stopped since December lol).

 

[Tian]

Already answered by Edward Lewis' first post. At the bottom.

for some reason I didn't noticed that thanks

 

[mbpoblet]

wait.... so we get a new key for a game? so anyone can give this key to a friend that don't own Elite...

You get a Steam key, not a second FD account.

 

[burak]

wait.... so we get a new key for a game? so anyone can give this key to a friend that don't own Elite...

Even though you gave this key to your friend, it's still linked with your Elite: Dangerous account, even if your friend downloaded and tried to play the game, he would need to have an E: D account which has a E: D license.

 

[Shigawire]

Thanks a lot guys. Well, the store is flooded now.. lol
I can't get through.

 

[Kyokushin]

Thanks a lot guys. Well, the store is flooded now.. lol
I can't get through.

CMDR's made DDoS attack to Jameson Servers

 

[Judoh]

this may sound stupid but are the saves linked? like if i play on steam and then by chance log into the direct launcher a separate time, will my save from steam leave me when i log into other launcher?

i hope that came out correctly

 

[Iain M Norman]

this may sound stupid but are the saves linked? like if i play on steam and then by chance log into the direct launcher a separate time, will my save from steam leave me when i log into other launcher?

i hope that came out correctly

You'll be fine.

It's not a new account, just a different way to access the same account.

 

[Dejay]

This won't affect how much you pay for the game or for paint jobs, but sticking with the EliteDangerous.com store remains the best way to support ongoing development with 100 percent of your money on future purchases. We especially appreciate it when you buy direct from us, but we're happy for you to play how and where you like.

Sold! I'll stick to the ed store

 

[Edward Lewis]

I expect that generating steam keys is free, but by doing so any future FD store purchases become subject to the "valve tax". A bit of confirmation on that point wouldn't hurt but it makes sense to me.

Yeah, that's a fair interpretation. We don't think of it as a tax though, just part of working with third party retailers.

 

[NewMenace]

Cant get past the postlogin page im seeing just a blank page .

 

[Zetta]

Er, what? The post you quoted states in plain text that you can continue to purchase from Frontier's store.

According to the post, generating a Steam key has no effect on anything. If you continue to buy from the Frontier store, Frontier gets 100% of the payment amount, Steam key or not doesn't matter.

The way I read "but sticking with the EliteDangerous.com store remains the best way to support ongoing development with 100 percent of your money on future purchases." implied that using the steam option would result in less than 100% going to ongoing development.

 

[bitstorm]

OK so can I just clarify on this.

I'm backer so I believe can claim a free Steam key.

If I claim it will Frontier receive less money from my purchases?

I mean how does it work, it implies that if I run ED through Steam then there's two seperate shops and I can then only purchase through Steam?

Also that seems to imply that if it's two differnt shops then items bought in non-Steam might not be available in Steam, I'm so confused!

Perhaps it's just a case of it all working everywhere just that if you buy items through Steam Frontier get taxed?

 

[Iain M Norman]

The way I read "but sticking with the EliteDangerous.com store remains the best way to support ongoing development with 100 percent of your money on future purchases." implied that using the steam option would result in less than 100% going to ongoing development.

Ed just clarified this two posts up.

 

[Eggplant!]

Yeah, that's a fair interpretation. We don't think of it as a tax though, just part of working with third party retailers.

Sorry Ed, but can you clarify further? Does Valve get a cut of the purchase price for all future purchases on the FD store if I generate a steam key for my account?

 

[QBiG1970]

SQLerror Too many Connections.....LOL

 

[Zetta]

Ed just clarified this two posts up.

Gah, that's what I get for making a cuppa while composing a post