How do I upgrade to Special Edition?

[Paragon]

I had bought the legendary edition online a few months ago but been playing fallout 4. So I opened the PC game and its just a steam code so I added the game but can't figure how to upgrade to special edition. I was under the impression that if you owned the legendary edition you could upgrade for free? Any info would be very awesome, thanks.

[Hippopotamus]

If you owned it before skyrim se release, yes. Since you added the code after it's no longer valid.

[Mud]

Free upgrade for owners of Skyrim + all dlc ended on October 28th.

[Paragon]

Originally posted by Mud:

Free upgrade for owners of Skyrim + all dlc ended on October 28th.

Thanks guys for responding

Thats really not cool, I bought it on 9-28-2016. I'll contact steam support and see if they can help me. Its the only reason I bought the legendary edition. I had no idea it would have a steam code, I was just going by what was on Bethesda website that if you owned the legendary edition on PC you could upgrade for free.

[Belanos]

If you don't register the game with Steam, there's no way of knowing that you actually own it in order to be eligible for the new version. And it's not an upgrade, it's a completely separate game.

[Eru]

Originally posted by Paragon:

Originally posted by Mud:

Free upgrade for owners of Skyrim + all dlc ended on October 28th.

Thanks guys for responding

Thats really not cool, I bought it on 9-28-2016. I'll contact steam support and see if they can help me. Its the only reason I bought the legendary edition. I had no idea it would have a steam code, I was just going by what was on Bethesda website that if you owned the legendary edition on PC you could upgrade for free.

If you bought it rhough a key site, they probably wont help you.

[Paragon]

Originally posted by Lore:

Originally posted by Paragon:

Thanks guys for responding

Thats really not cool, I bought it on 9-28-2016. I'll contact steam support and see if they can help me. Its the only reason I bought the legendary edition. I had no idea it would have a steam code, I was just going by what was on Bethesda website that if you owned the legendary edition on PC you could upgrade for free.

If you bought it rhough a key site, they probably wont help you.

Nah I bought it via physical copy at Wal-Mart. I actually didn't know it was a steam code inside with dvd. But I do have a physical copy of the reciept with the date and game details showing it was purchased on 9/28/2016.

It was just I wasn't ready to play it and I opened it to realize that the code was a steam code inside. If I had known this I would have just registered it on 9/28/2016. Its just an unfortunate mistake on my part. But hopefully they can work this out somehow.

[Eru]

Originally posted by Paragon:

Originally posted by Lore:

If you bought it rhough a key site, they probably wont help you.

Nah I bought it via physical copy at Wal-Mart. I actually didn't know it was a steam code inside with dvd. But I do have a physical copy of the reciept with the date and game details showing it was purchased on 9/28/2016.

It was just I wasn't ready to play it and I opened it to realize that the code was a steam code inside. If I had known this I would have just registered it on 9/28/2016. Its just an unfortunate mistake on my part. But hopefully they can work this out somehow.

For future reference: Basically any modern game you buy as a physical copy will have a Steam key with it, required for the registration and playing, with a few exceptions.

With a legitimat copy, they might be able to helo you if you contact them and prove it, but really it's at Bethesda's discretion.

[Paragon]

Originally posted by Lore:

Originally posted by Paragon:

Nah I bought it via physical copy at Wal-Mart. I actually didn't know it was a steam code inside with dvd. But I do have a physical copy of the reciept with the date and game details showing it was purchased on 9/28/2016.

It was just I wasn't ready to play it and I opened it to realize that the code was a steam code inside. If I had known this I would have just registered it on 9/28/2016. Its just an unfortunate mistake on my part. But hopefully they can work this out somehow.

For future reference: Basically any modern game you buy as a physical copy will have a Steam key with it, required for the registration and playing, with a few exceptions.

With a legitimat copy, they might be able to helo you if you contact them and prove it, but really it's at Bethesda's discretion.

Yea Bethesda's said that even though I owned it prior and could prove it with reciept etc.. it didn't matter because I didn't register it first. So basically wasted money on regular legendary edition so I'll just borrow the game from friend instead, no worries. Bethesda has really been useless with this.

[Eru]

Originally posted by Paragon:

Originally posted by Lore:

For future reference: Basically any modern game you buy as a physical copy will have a Steam key with it, required for the registration and playing, with a few exceptions.

With a legitimat copy, they might be able to helo you if you contact them and prove it, but really it's at Bethesda's discretion.

Yea Bethesda's said that even though I owned it prior and could prove it with reciept etc.. it didn't matter because I didn't register it first. So basically wasted money on regular legendary edition so I'll just borrow the game from friend instead, no worries. Bethesda has really been useless with this.

That really sucks. Hopefully you can still get some enjoyment out of the game, or wait for a sale :)

[LiquidREAP]

Use the Legendary Edition, Mod the hell out of it, If you can... yes SE is an upgrade but if you got a beefy pc then no matter, you'll enjoy it either way you go.

[Paragon]

Originally posted by xEpimetheusx:

Use the Legendary Edition, Mod the hell out of it, If you can... yes SE is an upgrade but if you got a beefy pc then no matter, you'll enjoy it either way you go.

Yea my PC is really beefy but I am playing it on xbox one for now. I might try PC later if I want, but I am enjoying it as I have never played Skyrim before. Thanks guys.

[MrXFox]

I have the same problem here... have bought it today in a "famila" its the German Wallmart you can say... i thought i get the SE for free. But i see there are way more Mods for the Legendary Edition...Many modders dont want to mod the SE Edition because of the Mod Market there its like a little boykott so it isnt as bad as i thought first... never mind but it would be cool to get the Se

[Darkwave Dahlia]

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