F-4E release date on Steam?

[Chugster]

With the module no more than 2 months away when can we expect to be able to pre-order here on Steam?

[Undead Rufus]

Originally posted by Troll Norris:

Originally posted by Undead Rufus:

A FOMO-obsessed player is one of the things greedy corporations have exploited to make the modern gaming market a hellscape of unfinished products costing full or near-full price.

AFAIK, you aren't being "screwed" out of anything by not being able to pre-order on Steam. There are no "extras," aside from being able to play the unfinished module early. Fortunately—at least so far—ED doesn't use unique helmets, liveries or missile skins to entice pre-orders (I hope I didn't just give them ideas).

You can't convert standalone modules to Steam, because that would require ED to provide a Steam key along with every standalone purchase.

It happened only once. All who pre-ordered A-10C (I mean the very first A-10C), they got the NTTR terrain for free.

I didn't know that. Hopefully it never happens again.

[NoHo Hank]

Originally posted by NineLine:

Originally posted by Chugster:

Great, you couldnt have mentioned this earlier?

We thought this was clear, and I apologize if it wasn't. In the past we have managed to do a pre-order on Steam but currently it is not possible.

Can you show us why you think that? FAQ shows Steam preorders are coming, even still right now. It has been there since October. Heatblur devs, including Cobra, have said steam preorders will be coming. When did this change and why?

[ka50ns3]

Originally posted by NineLine:

Originally posted by Chugster:

With the module no more than 2 months away when can we expect to be able to pre-order here on Steam?

Sadly it will not be possible to do a pre-order on Steam. You can switch to the standalone and it is still available there otherwise you will need to wait until the module releases on Steam to purchase it. Sorry.

what is this from heat blur then?
Where can I pre-order the F-4E Phantom II for DCS?
The pre-order will first go live on the Heatblur Store, https://store.heatblur.com/ - shortly thereafter it will also become available on the Eagle Dynamics E-shop and on Steam. This is expected in the week following the release on our store. Please note that any special edition packages or bundles will only be available on the Heatblur Store.

[Shloob]

Originally posted by ka50ns3:

Originally posted by NineLine:

Sadly it will not be possible to do a pre-order on Steam. You can switch to the standalone and it is still available there otherwise you will need to wait until the module releases on Steam to purchase it. Sorry.

what is this from heat blur then?
Where can I pre-order the F-4E Phantom II for DCS?
The pre-order will first go live on the Heatblur Store, https://store.heatblur.com/ - shortly thereafter it will also become available on the Eagle Dynamics E-shop and on Steam. This is expected in the week following the release on our store. Please note that any special edition packages or bundles will only be available on the Heatblur Store.

Seriously.. Only interested in Steam sales for DCS is so limiting. Most of the time the sales on the DCS website are better and with sales happening more frequently. Sure there are some deals that happen on steam that are better than that on the DCS store. Easy answer to all the problems that were mentioned in this discussion could be resolved by create an account/profile on the DCS website. The answer is so simple and easy that in the time it took you to post your comment, you could have completed the whole process of linking your accounts and proceeded to add your pre-puchased F4E module to your account. If FOMO is bugging you so much then do something about it.

here is the their URL
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com

Its easy to setup for those of you that actually want a solution.
Once you've set up your profile, go to user profile and scroll down to the bottom. You will get an option to link your Steam account to DCS. This will allow you to port all you DCS purchases/licenses from steam (past and future purchases). There is also an option for 2 step authentication that can be linked to the Google authenticator.

Linking Steam to your DCS profile will allow you to take advantage of all platform sales. You can then take advantage of the Heatblur pre-purchase collectors sale that includes a shirt and vinyl. You can blame Steam for the lack of pre-purchase option for this module. They allow early access trash to be soled on their platform without a release date but not a pre-purchase of a module from a trusted developer. It blows my mind.

Heatblur have delayed the project for good reason. They don't want to release a half baked turd of a module. I appreciate that they want our first impression of their product to be good. Too many third party developer couldn't care about the quality or completeness of their product as long as they have your money, those modules wont see updates for years to come because those developer have moved onto developing their next mess.

[Delta Dagger]

Originally posted by Undead Rufus:

AFAIK, you aren't being "screwed" out of anything by not being able to pre-order on Steam. There are no "extras," aside from being able to play the unfinished module early. Fortunately—at least so far—ED doesn't use unique helmets, liveries or missile skins to entice pre-orders (I hope I didn't just give them ideas).

Well, they miss out on a T-shirt. That they have to spend extra to get. Also a vinyl that, again, you have to spend extra to get.

[FERN]

Originally posted by NineLine:

Originally posted by Chugster:

With the module no more than 2 months away when can we expect to be able to pre-order here on Steam?

Sadly it will not be possible to do a pre-order on Steam. You can switch to the standalone and it is still available there otherwise you will need to wait until the module releases on Steam to purchase it. Sorry.

That's beyond rediculous

[Hannibal]

DCS, early access simulator forever. :D

[Troll Norris]

Originally posted by Hannibal:

DCS, early access simulator forever. :D

With 38 releases.
BTW there is 12 EA modules in total.
So there is more than 3 times released modules than EA modules.

[Hannibal]

Originally posted by Troll Norris:

Originally posted by Hannibal:

DCS, early access simulator forever. :D

With 38 releases.
BTW there is 12 EA modules in total.
So there is more than 3 times released modules than EA modules.

Released doesnt mean finished by any stretch.

[Troll Norris]

Released means features complete.

[Chugster]

Ok so it releases on the 21st...can we get a steam preorder now?

[Fercyful]

+1 hope they will let us pre order now that we have a date

[tribbin]

New DCS DLC Steam releases will first appear as 'unknown' in this list in preparation: https://steamdb.info/app/223750/dlc/

(the Kola map had been on there without a name for about a week)

[Delta Dagger]

Steam friends,

The bad news is that the F-4E will not be available for pre-order on Steam. H
The good news is that they're going to make up for that by offering the pre-order pricing for the 1st week.

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/348431-dcs-f-4e-phantom-ii-on-steam-merchandise-and-keys-news/

Release is on the 21st of the month.