Quote Originally Posted by Imoen View Post
Uh, can't you just download the game through the normal launcher instead of steam? I mean technically you paid for the game, so it should show up as "PC" on your square account... unless they have a special "steam" tag. (Which would be weird and stupid and completely frustrating.)
They do indeed have a special Steam tag on the Mogstation:



More confusingly, the Steam version of the game and the non-Steam version are exactly the same (as in literally the same game files on the disk). When you install the game Steam downloads 2.1 from its servers (the version it was at when XIV came out on Steam), but after that the launcher handles all the updates/patches from SE directly like it does for everyone else. Also, unlike most Steam games, because it's not actually a Steam specific version you can run the game without even needing to install/play on Steam, simply because the game files are the same.

The only difference between the two types of account is the game code you use to activate the game flags your account as either Steam or non-Steam. As far as I know it's not possible to change a PC account to/from Steam.