Unable to activate on Steam

[Starhowl]

How does this Steam purchase work? If I buy it now, and pre-order the PS4 version, will I still be able to redeem my pre-order codes? Do I receive a key from Steam, is it tied to email-address etc. etc. I absolutely don't see through this. How are accounts linked? etc. etc.

please help me!

[GunnerAU]

Steam is only playable on PC, and is in no way related to PS3, PS4 or Sony. It's its own entity.

[Starhowl]

Steam is only playable on PC, and is in no way related to PS3, PS4 or Sony. It's its own entity.

Yes, but doesn't there cross platform play exist? So that I'd be able to switch between PS4 and Steam on PC?

[GunnerAU]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think that your account can have both a PC and PS4 service on them, but the characters and so on are separate. Meaning, they may be on the same account and billing, but you can't play a character on PC, then quit and go to your PS4 and play it on there.

[TheFirstKel]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think that your account can have both a PC and PS4 service on them, but the characters and so on are separate. Meaning, they may be on the same account and billing, but you can't play a character on PC, then quit and go to your PS4 and play it on there.

You are wrong in that respect mate, as long as the game licenses are linked to one Service Account, all your in-game items and characters of that Service Account will be playable on any added platforms. I have my Windows and PS3 linked to one SE ID, Service Account and I can play on either system - just not both platform simultaneously. When PS4 is released, I will either upgrade the current PS3 to PS4, or get new PS4 license then I can play on any one of the three.

[GunnerAU]

So if I'm understanding you correctly, adding a PC account to my PS3 account will allow me to use my PS3 characters when playing on PC? I wasn't aware this was possible =/

[TheFirstKel]

So if I'm understanding you correctly, adding a PC account to my PS3 account will allow me to use my PS3 characters when playing on PC? I wasn't aware this was possible =/

Check your Mogstations, you can add Windows platform to the appropriate Service Account. Your current Service Account will say you have PS3 license, which mean your SEN/PSN ID is linked to your SE ID and Service Account - this however cannot be unlinked. So from that same Service Account, you add a Windows platform by entering the registration code, I believe you have the option to purchase Windows platform via a link in Mogstations, and if you're looking to make your (active) Service Account to be Collector's Edition, you can upgrade too.

[GunnerAU]

Yep I understand all that My assumption was that characters were platform specific (ie. My character created on PS3 cannot be used if I play on PC and vice versa).

[Mhaeric]

Yep I understand all that My assumption was that characters were platform specific (ie. My character created on PS3 cannot be used if I play on PC and vice versa).

Nope, you can play any characters on a single service account regardless of platform as long as you have a registered copy of the game for each platform within that service account. If you had two separate service accounts, then you wouldn't be able to play them cross-platform. So just make sure that you link them together properly and you're good to go.

[GunnerAU]

Ah. I wasn't aware of that. I actually had a PC copy and PS3 copy and unfortunately they're on seperate service accounts (registering on PS3 wasn't very clear...). Either way, I've submitted a ticket using their merge ticket system so hopefully that'll get sorted by the time I move house Would be nice to play on PC once I've sorted the finances out for a new machine.