Yes it has been confirmed in a tweet by Braben.
Microsoft have purchased a 6 month exclusivity period I believe.
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News Elite: Dangerous Steam Keys
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Microsoft have purchased a 6 month exclusivity period I believe.
same ... i pressed the partner key , website went down LOL ! and now its only says
Your account is linked to Steam.
no key ... anywhere ...
so what shuld i do ? open a ticket at support now and wait another 2 months to get an answer or what ?!
Your bold part is wrong now (although it USED to be true). MANY games *these days* prevent you from doing this, because they do NOT download direct to the "common" folder, but instead download to the "downloading" folder & then afterwards are unpacked/transfered to the "common" folder. Unlike the "common" folder, the "downloading" folder does not appear to check what files already exists when deciding what to download, so it will simply overwrite your existing files if you copy them there (before starting Steam).
I too would like to hear if it's possible to transfer my existing ED installation to Steam, without having to download 4GB again.
Do the same thing I do: Be patient and hit the refresh button every 10 minutes or so.(Don't spam it though)
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I've never heard of a case where buying from the developer's own store means Valve can reach in and take money out of their pockets. I guess it COULD happen, but in the past with other game devs, they've always said that buying from their store (vs steam) means they get all the money. I can't imagine why it would be different here unless some kind of special deal was made. I would be shocked if it does turn out to be the case. Still, I've done my share and then some in supporting the developers, so they can cut me some slack with the steam key without other people trying to guilt trip me for it.
@ GoatFace this is the only post I see from Ed. But if this is the one you are referring to, it is hardly murky. It's not fleshed out, but that could be down to the team being quite understandably busy today.
I think it may be you who isn't clear. It is definitely not the opposite of a clarification. Perhaps you are reading into it wrong if your first language isn't English, but he has intimated that there is some kind of financial arrangement with Valve regarding future FD store purchases.
You should start your game through ED launcher and enjoy it.
Then come back to store page tomorrow and hopefully key will be there .... if not then read on the forum if this is still an issue and contact support.
If that was completely true (and common sense dictates it's not - Valve are a business), then perhaps you would like to enlighten us why EA decided to boycott Steam? hint: Valve required them to agree to cuts in profit that they didn't like.
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X BOX 1 AND STEAM THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THAT GAME THEN
Alright then, I'll try to be more clear. What I'm saying is that he is most definitely wrong. A clarification with wrong information is no clarification.
No, no, no... The OP is saying that any future FD store purchases also apply to Steam, and so that you should have no qualms about purchasing the stuff here because that's more beneficial for them than you buying your stuff there. He's just not very clear in his language.
Haha, the ambiguities of the English language. No wonder people get paid good money to argue their interpretation of it
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PLEASE USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE
Then prove it. Ed who I imagine has more information on the situation than you, is a better source of information.
But based on the available current information, with respect, it is you who is wrong.
OP was from Ed as well, which made perfect 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." is not nearly as clear and contradicts my understanding of the original post.
Since you asked nicely: http://www.ea.com/news/demartini-more-on-ea-and-download-services
Straight from the source.
It not only COULD happen but it is happening.
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Who knows, perhaps it is down to the particulars of this arrangement due to possible cut of money Steam have missed out on.
Better hint: EA owns the only real competitor Steam has (Origin) and wants people to actually register for it and use it?
But nobody really knows why. NDAs and all that. Another likely reason is that Valve seems to require that Steam games with microtransactions do not push the users to the developer's shop instead of Steam's DLC shop; they have nothing against you making sales on your own store, they just seem to want that when Steam users click the "Buy Skin/Currency/Whatever" button from inside the game they be taken to Steam instead of elsewhere.
Simple just be patient, don't spam the refresh on the store page and give the system a chance to catch up.
this is what im saying, the page still with problems, only one sentence: Your account is linked to Steam.
and nothing -.-