Transfering A Steam Bought DLC over to Uplay?

[Dillpickle1]

-Hello. I own "The Crew" on Uplay. I was curious if I can buy a DLC for said game on steam and transfer it over to Uplay

[SpunkyJones]

Steam dlc needs the steam version of the base game,

[ONe_mOMENT]

Nope, won't work. Don't believe steam will let you purchase dlc for a game you don't own on steam anyway.

[Dillpickle1]

Originally posted by SpunkyJones:

Steam dlc needs the steam version of the base game,

So you are stating I cannot buy said DLC's for the game and take their CD key and transfer them to Uplay?

[FFL2and3rocks]

Steam won't let you buy a DLC for a game you don't already have on your Steam account.

[Dillpickle1]

Originally posted by ONe_mOMENT:

Nope, won't work. Don't believe steam will let you purchase dlc for a game you don't own on steam anyway.

You are able to buy a DLC without owning the game

[Cathulhu]

It kinda doesn't and does. It refuses to buy it for your account, but allows you to buy it as a gift.
Some people try to buy it as a gift and activate/unpack it on their account, which doesn't work.
Without the base game on Steam the DLC just won't work.

[Dillpickle1]

Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:

Steam won't let you buy a DLC for a game you don't already have on your Steam account.

Really? Because I'm allowed to buy a DLC from the store and go to the purchase page for it

[FFL2and3rocks]

You can buy it as a gift. But you aren't given a CD key until you activate the gift yourself, which is only possible if you have the game on Steam.

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by ミ★ ckc | Dillpickle1 ★彡:

So you are stating I cannot buy said DLC's for the game and take their CD key and transfer them to Uplay?

That's exactly what he's saying. If you don't own the game on Steam, you won't be able to purchase the DLC.

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by ミ★ ckc | Dillpickle1 ★彡:

Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:

Steam won't let you buy a DLC for a game you don't already have on your Steam account.

Really? Because I'm allowed to buy a DLC from the store and go to the purchase page for it

Steam will allow you to put DLC you do not own in your CART.. but try to buy it for yourself.. you will see the moment you pick "Buy for Myself" vs "Buy as a gift" you will see this:

Your transaction failed because you are trying to buy 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone' which requires ownership of 'The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt'. Please correct the error and try again.

Except yours will pertain to whatever game and DLC you are specifically trying to buy. i just tried Witched 3 cause i didn't own it

[morrisseyshair]

Originally posted by ミ★ ckc | Dillpickle1 ★彡:

Originally posted by SpunkyJones:

Steam dlc needs the steam version of the base game,

So you are stating I cannot buy said DLC's for the game and take their CD key and transfer them to Uplay?

That's like asking if you can buy a movie on iTunes and play it on Amazon Instant Video. They're two different services. It doesn't work.

[Dillpickle1]

Originally posted by morrisseyshair:

Originally posted by ミ★ ckc | Dillpickle1 ★彡:

So you are stating I cannot buy said DLC's for the game and take their CD key and transfer them to Uplay?

That's like asking if you can buy a movie on iTunes and play it on Amazon Instant Video. They're two different services. It doesn't work.

You can buy a Uplay Game on steam and transfer it to Uplay. Two different services aren't they?

[morrisseyshair]

Originally posted by ミ★ ckc | Dillpickle1 ★彡:

Originally posted by morrisseyshair:

That's like asking if you can buy a movie on iTunes and play it on Amazon Instant Video. They're two different services. It doesn't work.

You can buy a Uplay Game on steam and transfer it to Uplay. Two different services aren't they?

It doesn't transfer, it overlaps. You still need Uplay to play Ubisoft games on Steam.

[Washell]

Several EA games I bought on Steam are now on Origin, can be downloaded, installed and played from there without referencing Steam in any way, shape or form. EA did this in order to kickstart user's libraries on Origin and weaken Steam's grasp on users. GOG.com offers the same deal on the Witcher titles.

I won't say it's common, but being able to register and play titles bought on Steam on a competing service is certainly possible in some cases.

[Tev]

Originally posted by Washell:

I won't say it's common, but being able to register and play titles bought on Steam on a competing service is certainly possible in some cases.

But definitely not possible with Uplay.

There's case scenarios where x has bought i.e. Assassin's Creed: Unity on Steam (Uplay -key) and has sold that Uplay key to someone else, let's call him y.

Y has then come on these forums to complain that he can't play Assassin's Creed: Unity, because the Uplay -client will redirect him to the Steam Store -page implying he doesn't own it on Steam.

From what that makes it sound like, Steam Store bought Uplay games have Steam -tied CD-keys, they require the former.

This would work hand in hand with that theory (example):
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Assassin's_Creed_Unity#Availability

Not that it's even possible to buy and add DLCs to your Steam -account from Steam Store if you don't own the basegame on Steam either.

This applies for all platforms, GOG, Origin, Uplay and such. You can activate DLCs only if you own the basegame on the same platform.