Can't purchase GOTY Deluxe edition.

[Bayeralis.]

Hello, I recently purchased oblivion GOTY but then decided to upgrade to the deluxe version. An error occurs saying that I already have the game and can't purchase the game again. Is there a workaround?

Thank you in advance.

[Minari99]

This game has same steam ID. You need to either get a refund or remove the game from your account if you can't get refund. After that buy the game again. You can tell you have deluxe if game properties has DLC tab or in launcher, data files section has DLC showing up

[Bayeralis.]

Oh.. Thank you kindly sir.

[asoftmachine]

Did you get it from the fanatical bundle? If so it is the deluxe but it doesn't show as deluxe.

[Bayeralis.]

I am not an expert on these stuff but I don't think so. ''Buy The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition'' was the title of what I purchased on the game's steam page. It was not ''fanatical bundle''. Please forgive my ignorance.

[Bayeralis.]

Minari99 の投稿を引用：

This game has same steam ID. You need to either get a refund or remove the game from your account if you can't get refund. After that buy the game again. You can tell you have deluxe if game properties has DLC tab or in launcher, data files section has DLC showing up

Another question, do I have to delete the game and my save files to delete the game from my account? If not, will the new dlcs affect my save file or corrupt it?

[Minari99]

Bayeralis. の投稿を引用：

Minari99 の投稿を引用：

This game has same steam ID. You need to either get a refund or remove the game from your account if you can't get refund. After that buy the game again. You can tell you have deluxe if game properties has DLC tab or in launcher, data files section has DLC showing up

Another question, do I have to delete the game and my save files to delete the game from my account? If not, will the new dlcs affect my save file or corrupt it?

Well, yeah I guess so, No need to remove your saves. You will keep your saves as deluxe is just extra dlc to the game. Just like upgrading Skyrim Special Edition to Anniversary Edition. And as long as the game is not modded

[Bayeralis.]

Thank you so much.

[Minari99]

Bayeralis. の投稿を引用：

Thank you so much.

No problem! Enjoy the game!

[wasabi™]

asoftmachine の投稿を引用：

Did you get it from the fanatical bundle? If so it is the deluxe but it doesn't show as deluxe.

I think that is the one I purchased since when I look at purchase history from two years ago it indeed says 'Oblivion Game of The Year Deluxe Edition' but all of a sudden it does not say on the store page that I own the deluxe version.

I do have game of the year DLC for it in my library but very confused now, should I purchase the deluxe version again? Would that fix the problem.

Frustrating since I never noticed this happen before, wish they made things more clear.

[fokehS]

The entire setup is stupid and I genuinely can't get my head around why they did it this way.

You can review everything I'm about to say from SteamDB, although I'm sure anyone who cares already knows this.

Basically, there's three Steam Apps and two Steam Packages.

App 22330 "The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition"; this is the game itself with most of the GotY content.
App 22333 "Oblivion Game of the Year DLC" is the English-only "Deluxe" content.
App 900883 "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe" is an empty app, not linked to any packages and has no depots (no files you download).

Package 1678 "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition" only contains app 22330.
Package 1679 "Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe" includes both 22330 and 22333.

The basic goal makes sense. The Deluxe edition stuff is English only, so people in other languages who can't play it shouldn't be forced to pay/install it (although, should Deluxe really cost more money? That seems a bit greedy, doesn't GotY imply EVERYTHING?).

If Bethesda had set it up correctly in the first place, the store page for Oblivion would let you purchase either 1678 or 1679, and there would be a separate DLC section to let you purchase 22333 separately if you only purchased 1678 before.

What they did instead was create a new empty app, 900883, whose only purpose is to create a store page for "Deluxe Edition", and they put both 1678 and 1679 on it. They then elected not to add a store page for 22333, and because 1678 and 1679 are packages, if you bought 1678, you're out of luck (the storefront won't let you buy a package if it contains an app you already own, although I think you can still add packages with duplicate apps through a Steam key). Even worse, both 1678 and 1679 are on the GotY Edition page anyway!

This is why, on the store, Deluxe *never* shows as owned (blue "Owned" marker, and greyed out icon). Because that page is for an app you can't actually purchase, but the Deluxe content is actually a DLC which doesn't have a storefront!

I'm unsure if you can use the Elder Scrolls Summer Bundle (15347) to fix the problem. It does list both 22330 and 22333, so it might let you purchase that and upgrade your copy. It depends on how the bundle was configured, but I can't see that.

Basically, so long as you have a DLC called "Oblivion Game of the Year DLC" for the game on Steam, then you have the full Deluxe setup.

Funnily enough, 900883 has a community. I've haven't tried posting to it, maybe someone should give it a go. It's like a secret hang out spot basically.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/900883/discussions/

[l0wBoB]

Minari99 の投稿を引用：

This game has same steam ID. You need to either get a refund or remove the game from your account if you can't get refund. After that buy the game again. You can tell you have deluxe if game properties has DLC tab or in launcher, data files section has DLC showing up

Hey, thanks for the tip about removing the lesser version from the steam account. It doesn't result in being able to purchase the GOTY Deluxe though, with this error message if trying that:

Your account already owns a removed copy of the above items, so you can’t purchase them again. You can restore these items via Steam Support, purchase these items as a gift or adjust the contents of your cart to continue.

[wasabi™]

fokehS の投稿を引用：

The entire setup is stupid and I genuinely can't get my head around why they did it this way.

You can review everything I'm about to say from SteamDB, although I'm sure anyone who cares already knows this.

Thank you so much for explaining all of it in such meticulous detail, Bethesda had complicated it so much that it had me completely stumped and I was staring at empty packages in Steamdb completely and utterly dumbfounded.

Glad to know that I can just ignore this since I had bought the deluxe version a couple years back and it confused me so much seeing a store page for the deluxe without it saying that I own it, very frustrating since I can be a bit of a completionist when it comes to collections.

[psychotron666]

It's not that complex. Bethesda or steam have no reason to change it. Worst case scenario, you buy the game once. Best case scenario, you buy the game twice.

[Frequens]

fokehS の投稿を引用：

The entire setup is stupid and I genuinely can't get my head around why they did it this way.

You can review everything I'm about to say from SteamDB, although I'm sure anyone who cares already knows this.

Basically, there's three Steam Apps and two Steam Packages.

App 22330 "The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition"; this is the game itself with most of the GotY content.
App 22333 "Oblivion Game of the Year DLC" is the English-only "Deluxe" content.
App 900883 "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe" is an empty app, not linked to any packages and has no depots (no files you download).

Package 1678 "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition" only contains app 22330.
Package 1679 "Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe" includes both 22330 and 22333.

The basic goal makes sense. The Deluxe edition stuff is English only, so people in other languages who can't play it shouldn't be forced to pay/install it (although, should Deluxe really cost more money? That seems a bit greedy, doesn't GotY imply EVERYTHING?).

If Bethesda had set it up correctly in the first place, the store page for Oblivion would let you purchase either 1678 or 1679, and there would be a separate DLC section to let you purchase 22333 separately if you only purchased 1678 before.

What they did instead was create a new empty app, 900883, whose only purpose is to create a store page for "Deluxe Edition", and they put both 1678 and 1679 on it. They then elected not to add a store page for 22333, and because 1678 and 1679 are packages, if you bought 1678, you're out of luck (the storefront won't let you buy a package if it contains an app you already own, although I think you can still add packages with duplicate apps through a Steam key). Even worse, both 1678 and 1679 are on the GotY Edition page anyway!

This is why, on the store, Deluxe *never* shows as owned (blue "Owned" marker, and greyed out icon). Because that page is for an app you can't actually purchase, but the Deluxe content is actually a DLC which doesn't have a storefront!

I'm unsure if you can use the Elder Scrolls Summer Bundle (15347) to fix the problem. It does list both 22330 and 22333, so it might let you purchase that and upgrade your copy. It depends on how the bundle was configured, but I can't see that.

Basically, so long as you have a DLC called "Oblivion Game of the Year DLC" for the game on Steam, then you have the full Deluxe setup.

Funnily enough, 900883 has a community. I've haven't tried posting to it, maybe someone should give it a go. It's like a secret hang out spot basically.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/900883/discussions/

wow thanks for the detailed breakdown by app type and ID. So that's the answer to this weird enigma of vanished dlcs. I was also baffled and clueless when I purchased the GOTY edition and was looking for the apparently missing expansions such as Mehrune's Razor etc. (the game's library page only shows 1 dlc when you click on the 'manage my DLC' tab). Gotta check now what happens when I start a freshly installed game and whether the dlcs will show up as esps under data files..

[l0wBoB]

Important Update: Do not remove the game from steam library!

The Steam support won't help you to buy the Deluxe version afterwards.
This was their answer to my ticket:

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there is an option to directly upgrade to the Deluxe Edition currently. The decision to offer an upgrade path is up to the game's publisher, not Steam.

You are welcome to contact them to request more purchasing options:

https://help.steampowered.com/wizard/HelpWithGameTechnicalIssue/?appid=22330