Transfer to a potato. Question from a total ignorant.

Aenaptyx

Aenaptyx
Hi. Transfer is good news, but I can't afford a decent PC in a near future, and for near future I mean 2 years, more or less. My 10 years old office Lenovo potato can't run ED (not even tetris I believe), but my question is: could I buy the game, install it, and do the transfer? Because I understood that the transfer would be for a limited time from september (maybe I am wrong). So in case I can buy a decent gaming PC in the future, I'd have a PC account already, right? (Even though I'd need to buy the game again I guess). I don't know if I make myself clear, my english is awful, so I apologize for that.
Thanks! o7
 

nemolomen

nemolomen
You "shouldn't" need to buy the game "again", I recently built a new PC and installed Elite Dangerous on it even though I had it on another PC.

Its really an "account", and content, for the game that is being transferred from console.
 

Aenaptyx

Aenaptyx
nemolomen said:
You "shouldn't" need to buy the game "again", I recently built a new PC and installed Elite Dangerous on it even though I had it on another PC.

Its really an "account", and content, for the game that is being transferred from console.
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Oh thanks a lot for your info! :) Very helpful! o7
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
nemolomen said:
You "shouldn't" need to buy the game "again", I recently built a new PC and installed Elite Dangerous on it even though I had it on another PC.

Its really an "account", and content, for the game that is being transferred from console.
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However, FD have stated that the "free PC version" will be time limited. So I think @Aenaptyx has this in mind and I would suggest all he has to do is request the free PC version, install the launcher, etc and there they have a free version - even if the game won't run, the launcher should and basically that's all they need to set up and validate (presumably one wouldn't even have to do that, just make the new frontierstore account should suffice). The console version will still be available and when the time comes that they have a PC that can run the game, they just install it on that.
 

Aenaptyx

Aenaptyx
Para Handy said:
However, FD have stated that the "free PC version" will be time limited. So I think @Aenaptyx has this in mind and I would suggest all he has to do is request the free PC version, install the launcher, etc and there they have a free version - even if the game won't run, the launcher should and basically that's all they need to set up and validate (presumably one wouldn't even have to do that, just make the new frontierstore account should suffice). The console version will still be available and when the time comes that they have a PC that can run the game, they just install it on that.
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Oh, that was super helpful. I am a total ignorant about gaming on PC (or PCs in general). Thank you very very much for all the info!
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
nemolomen said:
To redeem or to play?
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To redeem ...

" ... if you've purchased Elite Dangerous on consoles, we'll be giving you a free copy of Elite Dangerous on PC. This will all be done in a limited-time window and the exact details are still being confirmed..."

from:

Discovery Scanner [Weekly Update] - 09/05/2022

Greetings Commanders, A new week begins in the world of Elite Dangerous, so grab a seat, and let's talk about everything happening right now within the game. Console Account Transfers As announced in our post last week, we're very happy to be able to tell you that console account transfers are...
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