Can the TW3 retail version be activated on Steam?

[luc0s]

Can the TW3 retail version be activated on Steam?

I see one of my local stores still has a limited edition of The Witcher 3 for an okay price. I was thinking about getting it, but I wonder if I can activate the game on Steam and download it there instead of installing it from the disk. Does anyone know?

 

[jmcc84]

You can activate it on GOG, dont know about steam

 

[GuyNwah]

No, only GOG. If you want it on Steam, you have to buy it there.

 

[Bunk67]

Steam is an independant platform, as for Origin or uPlay. They don't share the same licenses.
But CD Projekt RED owns GOG.com, where you can enter the key of a retail version on your account and there you go. You can download the game from there or the GOG Galaxy Client I think. You also have an access to a lot of content, as the soundtrack in MP3 and FLAC, trailers in HD lightly compressed, that kind of stuff.