Why are orders still accepted on Steam?
As it indicates, orders are still accepted because Ubisoft isn't going to turn away a sale because of a technicality. Steam/Ubisoft is good on their word that you'll get your key when more are released to Steam. Publishers shield themselves from distributors by transferring keys to them in blocks.
Is Steam a distributor?
Aug 21, 2017. #5. Yup, it's publishers that hold the keys. Steam ( at least in regards to Ubisoft titles) is a distributor and can only distribute what they've been authorized to distribute. Something likely caused a surge of sales for that title that Ubisoft wasn't expecting so Steam ran out.
Is Steam a copy of a game?
But the demand is limited, so a copy sold via Steam is a copy not sold directly. That's why Steam is full of indie games, but a few large studios (with great own distribution systems) more or less ignore it (e.g. EA, Blizzard).
