Quote Originally Posted by Nekodar View Post
A SE rep response on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._steam/cfi891z
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.