Yes please!  I've been a long time supporter of Galactic Civilizations II and would like my purchased copy to be associated with Steam.

There, fixed that for you.

Bear in mind that we no longer own or control Impulse, so it isn't a simple matter of just doing it.

That said, if you just want the game "in Steam" you can freely add whatever games you like to your list without having then actually registered on your Steam account. And we will have our games available for in-browser download on the Stardock store before long, if your primary interest is moving away from Impulse.

Wouldn't this cost Stardock though? I mean, when someone registers their copy of a game bought elsewhere, they then use Steam's bandwidth to download and update the game who knows how many times, plus it means they don't buy the game seperately on Steam. With steamworks games which you buy retail but then have to activate on steam to play, the cost of this is included in the game price, but I would assume that Valve would charge Stardock an ammount to generate steam keys for people who own the games from other outlets, as Valve would not be gaining anything from allowing people to just register these games onto Steam.

I won't be buying it straight away, but the Christmas sales are coming up soon, here's hoping for a nice 75% off!

Well, this is disappointing.

I might repurchase when the game drops down below 10$. I'm not cheap, but there's no good reason for me to even pay that much since I already own the game.

To be honest, I have zero desire to pay stardock again for a game I already own; and would much rather have it on Steam thanotherwise, so I suppose I'm one of those paying customers in a lurch still by the gamestop move, but can't please all of the people all of the time, and seeing it on steam at all is better than nothing.

That said, allowing us to move our keys into Steam would go a long bloody way towards rebuilding some of the loyalty you lost from me personally when you sold Impulse to Gamestop.

It ain't happening. There are a ton of reasons for this, some of which I would think would be obvious.

If you buy a book on the Kindle and decide you want a Nook, you don't get to just switch it over.  

You bought it via Impulse, it's still on Impulse AND if you want to re-download from Stardock, you can download it from http://download.stardock.com with your user account.

But no, games bought at store X are not transferable to store Y.  We make games. You have your game. And we've provided years of updates and service to that game.  

We certainly want our customers to be happy but this is a matter we can't help you with.  You can download directly from us if you're not comfortable with a Gamestop Impulse or you can still get it from Impulse.  I think that's a pretty good set up.

I tried following the above advice about going to download.stardock.com just now and logged in - while my account shows that I bought GalCiv 2 Gold and Twilight of the Arnor and has my serials listed, there are no download links, and clicking on the game name only gives me the option to buy it on Impulse.

"But no, games bought at store X are not transferable to store Y.  We make games. You have your game. And we've provided years of updates and service to that game. "

If this is true - then why, after buying it on Steam, do I have a working download link for Sins:Trinity on my Stardock account page and in Impulse? I previously bought only the base game right after release years ago, no expansions.

Actually Brad, that argument doesn't really hold water. As mentioned above, it seems to be entirely down to the publisher. I bought Supreme Commander Gold years ago via Impulse. Then about a month ago it was released on Steam, and a couple of weeks after that, it was possible to use the key provided via Impulse to activate Supreme Commander on Steam. Just opened the Gamestop Downloader, and used the 'look up serial number' command to get it to email me a list of all the CD keys for the games on my account, and that was that. So clearly, I bought a game via Impulse, but was able to register it on Steam once the game was released on that platform.

Personally, I wouldn't mind it on Steam for the convenience, but I still have the Gamestop Downloader installed for keeping all my games up to date, including GalCiv2. I can add it to Steam and use the Steam Overlay, but its just nice to have it fully integrated into Steam, so it can count my hours. And the very slim possibility of Steam achievements

Ok, then if it really makes you feel better, then assume that the reason is because I'm a greedy bastard who uses the money to purchase the tears of a rare, endangered animal that lives in the Amazonian rain forest because those tears, those precious precious tears, give me a momentary refrain from my evil money grubbing ways. Assume that the extraction of the tears is fatal to the endangered animal.

If I buy a book on Kindle and Amazon Sell my account to Gamestop and then tell me I have to buy my book again when they start selling it on Nook then Amazon can go fuck themselves.

I had a choice when I purchased games on Impulse to support Impulse as Valves competition. I had no choice when you sold my account and licenses to Gamestop, a company who have blatantly spat in the face of PC gamers over the past decade and now that you are migrating your own games to Steam you don't even have the common decency to allow those of us you sold out to do the same. Then you have the audacity to act like a condescending jackass about it when questioned further. You are not exactly going out of your way to win back fan support are you?

I can tell you I won't be buying any expansions or supporting your company further and I know many who are equally disgusted at your attitude and actions.

Do you even remember when we were not the enemy? What the hell happened to you Brad? When did it come down to this childish nonsense?

You just reminded me recent Dilbert strip: