FF14ARR on Steam! And some unanswered questions...

Here we go: http://store.steampowered.com/app/262342/
1) a. Not a word about subscription fee? Really?
2) Is it possible to add ARR as Steam game if you already have one?

1) (if #2 possible) b. Paying with steam wallet, please?

Was just about to post and ask about it.

I want my FFXIV up on steam!

giff steam codes for ffxiv pc owners please.

People have already emailed steam support (look on steam discussions) and asked. No to everything, basically. It's a new account, cannot be linked, is tied to steam, will be logged in with steam and cannot be logged in normally outside of steam (Steam substitutes the launcher I believe: you cannot buy the steam version and log in with retail details).

Square made one more stupidly implemented move :/

What a ****?
And I were thinking about adding it on steam and renewing sub. Not happening, it seems.

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Originally Posted by Raeletta

Square made one more stupidly implemented move :/

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Why's it a stupid move. Having it paid through steam means less money for SE.

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Originally Posted by Metabug

What a ****?
And I were thinking about adding it on steam and renewing sub. Not happening, it seems.

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Why not, how does it affect how you play if it's through Steam or not? I'm genuinely curious why people MUST have every game through Steam. I can understand that if it's a normal game and it's much more convenient to auto patch it through Steam but with an MMO it auto patches any way.

A SE rep response on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._steam/cfi891z

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Nope, there isn't. Imagine it from Steam's perspective. You would register a game you haven't bought through them, that made them no money, but use their infrastructure to download a 10GB client, presumably more than once. Contrary to popular belief, server space and traffic come at a price :)

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Originally Posted by Saccharin

Why not, how does it affect how you play if it's through Steam or not? I'm genuinely curious why people MUST have every game through Steam. I can understand that if it's a normal game and it's much more convenient to auto patch it through Steam but with an MMO it auto patches any way.

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Maybe i wanted to pay for it with money from selling *hats* in dota2? Why not?
Currently 4 days of gameplay per month (due to weekly lockout) is not worth the price.

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

A SE rep response on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._steam/cfi891z

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Already proven incorrect. Or 10Gb of upload is worth full price?

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

A SE rep response on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._steam/cfi891z

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And not far below the perfect reply: plenty of games can be bought elsewhere and registered on steam. The data cost for steam is understandable. But on top of that we could nto even buy the game and log in to our own accounts, it would be another one.

As for why? Personally so I can be part of the "communities". I'm happy downloading my updates etc. from the normal method, but unless steam has a recognition module made or something, I'll never be considered to be playing the same damn game as anyone playing the steam edition.

I would, quite happily accept the "add non-steam version of a game sold on steam and participate in the same communities" method by the way, as I'm sure most would, though I don't speak for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Raeletta

And not far below the perfect reply: plenty of games can be bought elsewhere and registered on steam. The data cost for steam is understandable. But on top of that we could nto even buy the game and log in to our own accounts, it would be another one.

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As if the Steam doesn't get any money for those games... It all depends on the deal between publisher and Steam.

As for log in to your own account... Why not?
From what I can see in that thread in general, the Steam version just runs the regular launcher. Still need an SE account to play.

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

As if the Steam doesn't get any money for those games... It all depends on the deal between publisher and Steam.

As for log in to your own account... Why not?
From what I can see in that thread in general, the Steam version just runs the regular launcher. Still need an SE account to play.

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If it does, good. Now I just need to wait for a 90% off sale. Lol. Cannot link it to my account though which is bull(and use it as another months play. That'd be a fair-ish deal. Buy a months play via steam. Bear in mind that buying the PS3 version would do exactly this.)

I'd rather steam step up and make its program recognise the alternate install though. Having to pay again for a game I own just to run it "officially" is a damn annoying idea. As for squenix 's stupid move: It should have been on steam from the start, we asked for it a lot during the beta.


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I managed to ruin my quotes somehow, go me.