ESO plus only available on Steam??

Zno0py · November 2016

Is the eso plus sale only available to those who own the game on steam? Why isn't this quite sizeable discount available to us who's owned the game since launch, and even pre-purchased it?

Danikat · November 2016

I just had a look at the prices on the ESO website (I don't have or use Steam so I can't compare) and I'm seeing £8.99 for 30 days, £23.97 for 90 and £41.94 for 180 which I think are the normal prices. (Crown packs however are on sale right now.)

It could be that Steam is having a sale, they do run their own periodically and can do it in just one region if they want to. (It might actually be simpler for them to do that than to run the same sale everywhere.)

The other possibility is that it's a mistake. A while ago the official website was showing the 30 and 90 day packs at the normal prices and 180 as completely free, literally £0.00 and that was just a mistake. It does happen.

Cipe · November 2016

What are you talking about? The plus membership prices on Steam and the official website are the same:

Elsonso · November 2016

Yeah, that is the standard discount, not a sale.

Zno0py · November 2016

What? For me it's half the price on steam compared to the website. I'm not on my computer right now but I'll post screenshots as soon as I get on it.

Zno0py · November 2016

Here's a screenshot of steam and the account page on the eso website:

Notice the difference.

Elsonso · November 2016

Hmm. That is not what I see on Steam. Heck of a deal.

In other news, how far away were you from your computer? "As soon as I get on it" was like a day ago!

Zno0py · November 2016

yeah, I may or may not have forgotten..

and yeah, I agree. Half the price. But I don't understand.. How can I see this deal but the "cipe" who posted that other screenshot can't..?

anitajoneb17_ESO · November 2016

what currency is "kr" ?

Only explanation I can see is that Steam acts as a retailer and is free to apply whatever discount they see fit for their customers only. It would not be the first game where Steam has its own, exclusive discounts, which are offered to specific geographic zones / currencies.

shadowwraith666 · November 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

what currency is "kr" ?

Only explanation I can see is that Steam acts as a retailer and is free to apply whatever discount they see fit for their customers only. It would not be the first game where Steam has its own, exclusive discounts, which are offered to specific geographic zones / currencies.

Swedish Krona

Zno0py · November 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

what currency is "kr" ?

Only explanation I can see is that Steam acts as a retailer and is free to apply whatever discount they see fit for their customers only. It would not be the first game where Steam has its own, exclusive discounts, which are offered to specific geographic zones / currencies.

Yeah, I agree that makes sense. But in this case I just don't feel that is the case as eso has this free weekend and their twitter account is basically just advertising this none-stop. I just find the whole thing strange... And extremely annoying

Cipe · November 2016

Zno0py wrote: »

yeah, I may or may not have forgotten..

and yeah, I agree. Half the price. But I don't understand.. How can I see this deal but the "cipe" who posted that other screenshot can't..?

On the Steam DB page for that package it says it is 59.21% cheaper in your region than mine:
https://steamdb.info/sub/131854/

So I am guessing it's most likely a pricing error, or a sale exclusive to some regions.

Zno0py · November 2016

Well that's strange o.O You'd think the sale would be everywhere now with the Free Weekend event they've got going.

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