Product Key Age of Empires III

[laurentw]

Hello,
I've got the original CD of Age of Empires III with the product key inside of it.
But when I put the key on steam, it doesn't work...
Someone could help me please ?!

[Eldin]

You can't use that key to activate game on Steam.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by laurentw:

Hello,
I've got the original CD of Age of Empires III with the product key inside of it.
But when I put the key on steam, it doesn't work...
Someone could help me please ?!

Because that isn't the type of key that can be activated on steam.

[crunchyfrog]

Yeah, CD keys are keys used for individual games' systems to check that you're not using a dodgy disc. It has NOTHING to do with Steam's systems.

You're effectively trying to use a barcode from an auto parts store in a supermarket and wondering why it won't scan.

[Kargor]

Publishers CAN add their CD keys into the Steam database, but that was only done in a select few cases (which might be a good thing, considering that publishers have not coordinated their key generation among each other and with Steam, allowing for possible conflicts).

So, virtually all games that got released before/outside of Steam with CD keys cannot be activated on Steam.