Bundle with Game i already own

[JinX]

hello . i wanna buy the assetto corsa DLCs ... there is bundle of all DLCs with game included that worth less then buying each dlc.... how can i buy it ? its not letting me since i own the game itself in my library

[まりさ]

If you had the game less than 2 weeks and played less that 2 hours. You can try to refund the base game then and rebuy with dlcs.

Another option:

You could try to remove base game from support page. Then rebuy the game with all dlcs. May work or not. https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithGame/?appid=244210

If does not work. You can restore the base game from same link. By clicking "It's not in my library"

[blunus]

Assetto Corsa bundles are on "Must Purchase Together" type, meaning it's all or nothing.

You can refund the base game as long as it's under 2 hours or 2 weeks purchase.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by まりさ:

You could try to remove base game from support page. Then rebuy the game with all dlcs. May work or not. https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithGame/?appid=244210

If does not work. You can restore the base game from same link. By clicking "It's not in my library"

Valve stopped letting users do that. It tells you to restore the game you already own.

[まりさ]

Originally posted by my new friend:

Valve stopped letting users do that. It tells you to restore the game you already own.

Worked fine for me with other game back in 2020. Bought base game from humble store. Didn't let me to upgrade it on Steam unless getting removed on support page. Then bought the game with dlcs on Steam. I guess it still works with key activated games, if upgrading from Steam.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by まりさ:

Originally posted by my new friend:

Valve stopped letting users do that. It tells you to restore the game you already own.

Worked fine for me with other game back in 2020. Bought base game from humble store. Didn't let me to upgrade it unless getting removed on support page. Then bought the game with dlcs on Steam. I guess it still works with key activated games, if upgrading from Steam.

That was 2020.

[blunus]

Well that was 2020 where it was worked. But today, Valve just stopped that anymore and instead tell people to restore permanently removed (adv. hidden) games.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by blunus:

Well that was 2020 where it was worked. But today, Valve just stopped that anymore and instead tell people to restore permanently removed (adv. hidden) games.

Not today, change was done well over a year ago

[JinX]

sooo ive lost chance to enjoy all assetto corsa dlcs for a good price? its kinda unfair no?

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Mor360:

sooo ive lost chance to enjoy all assetto corsa dlcs for a good price? its kinda unfair no?

Dev's can set up the bundle to let people buy it, they chose to make it all or nothing so complain to them

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

I remember selecting a bundle and the Steam cart would still have the bundle but it would subtract items already owned.
It didn't happen with all bundles, as the only option was "all or nothing"

One would think it would be a good idea for pub/dev to add on their game storefront to add, "no worries, already-owned items will automatically not be added or charged, so you cab still get a great deal on items not owned" or customer-friendly something.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by ☆ƧQυiяяєL♫:

:teddy_talk: I remember selecting a bundle and the Steam cart would still have the bundle but it would subtract items already owned.
It didn't happen with all bundles, as the only option was "all or nothing"

One would think it would be a good idea for pub/dev to add on their game storefront to add, "no worries, already-owned items will automatically not be added or charged, so you cab still get a great deal on items not owned" or customer-friendly something.

Dev's can pick 2 types of bundles.

One is an all or nothing one, the other is a complete my collection style one. They choose which to use

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

It'd be nice if they'd announce their option on their Steam storefront.
A all or nothing thing, a red beacon or complete my collection blue beacon thingy.

I'd probably buy more without finding a vague, "1 or 2 items are already owned, cannot complete transaction" and it doesn't show me the items.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by ☆ƧQυiяяєL♫:

:teddy_talk: It'd be nice if they'd announce their option on their Steam storefront.
A all or nothing thing, a red beacon or complete my collection blue beacon thingy.

I'd probably buy more without finding a vague, "1 or 2 items are already owned, cannot complete transaction" and it doesn't show me the items.

Tailored bundles have a blue word Bundle on them. This differentiates that bundle from the others.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Mor360:

sooo ive lost chance to enjoy all assetto corsa dlcs for a good price? its kinda unfair no?

Yes and no.

Tghe point is it's an all or nothing offer. No different to any other offer for anything in retail where it's only open to new users. You see this with magazine subscriptions, for example.

So sorry, but that's just a common thing.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by Mor360:

sooo ive lost chance to enjoy all assetto corsa dlcs for a good price? its kinda unfair no?

Yes and no.

Tghe point is it's an all or nothing offer. No different to any other offer for anything in retail where it's only open to new users. You see this with magazine subscriptions, for example.

So sorry, but that's just a common thing.

If that's REALLY a change that Steam made, it's a HORRIBLE idea.

Things used to be very simple: you could get a key for a bundle with stuff that you already owned; it would just give you the new stuff and "discard" items that you already had (because Steam does not use multiple licenses in any way, like being able to family share the game to multiple people at the same time).

At times, that was a quite attractive offer because "full" packages were often cheaper than trying to individually purchase the items you were missing.

"Tailored bundles" had nothing to do with this; you can't get keys for these anyway.