Please allow Steam License holders to buy a standalone PC License.

[Jojoya]

The fact SE has been criticized for this for years yet never even addressed why this limitation exists in the first place just shows how incompetent they are when it comes to steam, what's worse is that people make excuses for them without knowing the real reason.
We're tired of people spreading misinformation and baseless speculation, that's why we want SE to come forward and address this issue.

It's probably got nothing to do with incompetence.

Think about it logically. SE has no reason not to want to sell a player both types of licenses. PS4/5 users are allowed a second license type. Allowing Steam users to also have a Windows license would be more money in their pocket.

If it's a technical issue, they would have no reason to withhold that it's a technical issue (obviously they still would not go into detail in case it's something that can be exploited).

What does that leave? That there's some condition in their contract with Valve that prevents them from offering the Windows license to Steam license holders. Business rarely provide public disclosure of contract details, and SE may even be prevented from sharing that information by a contract clause.

What I would love to do is see SE kill their contract with Valve. That would allow them to offer all the current Steam license holders a PC license so they can continue to play the game. .

[JinM]

What does that leave?.

More baseless speculation, that's what it leaves. Think about it logically, merely saying that they are bound by contract is not the same as disclosing contract details.
The fact they remained silent about this issue for years instead of addressing it just shows that they are, in fact, incompetent when it comes to steam.