Quote Originally Posted by Kaethra View Post
I think for something like this to happen, they would need to negotiate something with Valve. This seems contractual. Which would require something from SE to give to Valve in compensation. Its my understanding that 30% of whatever is purchased by a Steam locked account gives 30% of the price to Valve, the other 70% to SE. As you can imagine, Valve will be unlikely to give that revenue up for free. Nor should they. They offered an advertising and web platform for SE.
Yup, which is why I think it's unlikely to happen but also that it doesn't hurt to ask. I haven't had any issues with my Steam copy before, and with the new requirements I hope that doesn't change but we will see...