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Migrating from the Bethesda Launcher to Steam isn’t going smoothly for someDLC and Deluxe Editions are going missing

DLC and Deluxe Editions are going missing

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The Bethesda launcher isclosing its doors on May 11th, which means players need to migrate any games they own on the platform to their new home on Steam. It turns out that the process isn’t going well for some players, however, with reports of deluxe editions and DLCs going mission, and others receiving outright errors.

When attempting to link accounts, several users say they receivean error that reads, “Account linking failed. Please retry or contact Customer Support for assistance.” A response from theBethesda Support accountsuggests the issue may arise when attempting to link a Bethesda account to a Steam account that already has a Bethesda account attached.

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I’m torn on the demise of the Bethesda Launcher. It was bad, and so it’s good that I won’t have to use it anymore, but it would have been better if it had been good and remain open. Its closure is a direct example of how consolidation -Microsoft bought Bethesda in 2020- leads to less competition.

If you need to migrate your own collection, you canfind how out to transfer games between platforms in our own guide. If it doesn’t work as intended, you’ll likely need tofile a support ticket here.