This may be related to Bethesda transitioning to distributing its PC games directly via Bethesda.net and cutting out middlemen such as Steam. They want to capt

This may be related to Bethesda transitioning to distributing its PC games directly via Bethesda.net and cutting out middlemen such as Steam. They want to capture the full price of a retail copy, and to do that they are cutting out resellers on all platforms to drive people towards their own new platform. https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-wont-launch-on-steam/ https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-wont-launch-on-steam/