Bethesda's decision to retire their official game launcher is being met with resistance right now, as some gamers have reported losing some valuable data as they migrated their content over to Valve's Steam.
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According to a report by GameRant, various users have reported seeing this error message: "Account linking failed. Please retry or contact Customer Support for assistance." A few users determined that this issue is due to having a different account on the Bethesda Launcher connected to their Steam account.
To fix the issue, people had to remember what that other Bethesda Launcher account was, log in, disconnect it from Steam, and then log into their new or main account and connect that to their Steam. But that's not the only problem gamers have had with this migration.
Some users of "Fallout 76," for instance, are noticing that their full version upgrade (after playing on the free trial first) aren't getting migrated to Steam. When they connect their accounts to Valve's marketplace, all they see is still the free trial version of the game and not the full version they upgraded to.
Aside from that, Deluxe Editions of specific games users own are also going missing, alongside some DLC. RockPaperShotgun reports that users who own the Deluxe Edition of "Rage 2" are only seeing the Standard Edition of it on their Steam libraries. "Doom Eternal," on the other hand, seems to move pretty well aside from its DLCs not coming along with it.
Bethesda has mentioned that installing the game on Steam should make its DLC appear. However, some people say this solution doesn't work well for them at all.
So far, the iconic "Skyrim" maker hasn't given an official statement aside from the proposed fixes, which were tackled earlier. A quick look at the Bethesda Support Twitter page reveals that their last tweet was dated April 27th, when they announced the start of the migration of users' content from their official launcher to Steam. Other than that, there's no post directly referencing these problems that some PC users are having.
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Looking Ahead For Bethesda
With the shutdown of its official game launcher, Bethesda is looking towards the future. After being acquired by Microsoft in a landmark purchase of its parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion, the iconic game developer is now an official first-party studio for Xbox.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Todd Howard, Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios, speaks during the Bethesda E3 Showcase at The Shrine Auditorium on June 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
This means that its biggest games moving forward, "Starfield" and "Elder Scrolls 6," are both going to be exclusive to Xbox consoles and PC. This has been made very clear in recent times. The shuttering of their game launcher might not be connected to this Xbox deal at all, but it makes a lot of sense given that their major games have always been on Steam anyway.
According to PCGamer, the launcher will stay online until May 11th. Anybody who doesn't migrate their content from there to Steam will still be able to do so after the fact. Aside from that, players are reminded to never lose their original Bethesda.net login credentials, because some games will still require you to sign in and play.
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Written by RJ Pierce
