Quote Originally Posted by Raeletta View Post
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 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.