@spoletta said in Fall Playtest & Final Relaunch Sale:

@HolyAvengerOne

got some info on this point.

By default no, a standalone key does not also get a Steam key by default.
The reason for that is that both keys are valid, and what happened with other games is that as soon as a game releases Steam Keys for everyone, the secondary market gets flooded with those Steam keys, which eventually damages the game.
That's why lately games have started avoiding giving away Steam keys.
With that said, the devs have not yet decided on this matter, and they are trying to see if there is a feasible way to provide those Keys while avoiding the effect I just described.

Makes absolute sense. It just seems weird that this is being advertised as the sale leading up to the 'steam relaunch' if a purchase of it doesn't get you... the steam relaunch

@spoletta said in Fall Playtest & Final Relaunch Sale:

@HolyAvengerOne

got some info on this point.

By default no, a standalone key does not also get a Steam key by default.
The reason for that is that both keys are valid, and what happened with other games is that as soon as a game releases Steam Keys for everyone, the secondary market gets flooded with those Steam keys, which eventually damages the game.
That's why lately games have started avoiding giving away Steam keys.
With that said, the devs have not yet decided on this matter, and they are trying to see if there is a feasible way to provide those Keys while avoiding the effect I just described.

Makes absolute sense. It just seems weird that this is being advertised as the sale leading up to the 'steam relaunch' if a purchase of it doesn't get you... the steam relaunch

if a pack is bought through the website now, is a steam key given later? or if i want to play on steam, do i need to wait?

thank you.