Posted March 16, 2015
wolfsrain: Have a friend that had a Walking Dead s1 retail . He had no way to play the 400 Days DLC, as the DLC was only available on Steam and on their own store and it wasn't compatible with the disc version. He got a Steam copy after sending them a photo of the receipt as proof he purchased the game. And he ended up getting the DLC for free, because all the trouble he went through.
So, Steam versions for the newer Telltale games seems to be the norm, if you want to be able to play the DLC's and import the saves in the future seasons.
In this case a Steam version is actually a benefit, I really don't understand why Telltale stopped to give Steam keys to stores like GMG, forcing users to make a TT account. The game is still DRM-binded, since you need to activate your copy first time you boot the game (the "connecting" thing, I think it's related to this). So, Steam versions for the newer Telltale games seems to be the norm, if you want to be able to play the DLC's and import the saves in the future seasons.
Also provide Steam keys cost them NOTHING, since they can create as many as they want, for free, since Valve permit this.