Can't preorder Seekers, Music Box sold out

[Caketime]

Hmm, yet on PlayOnline they are saying to register content early because of congestion. S/E gives me a migraine.

Register early, so we can avoid congestion on launch day. Download servers won't be open until launch day however, guaranteeing congestion. The fact that they acknowledge congestion possibilities and then go ahead with a release schedule that will guarantee congestion provides me with infinite lols.

[Trumpy]

i wonder if my shirt codes i got already will work then on release day. i already used the beret codes but those are in game already anyway. i havent used the shirt codes i have due to them not being in the game yet. would be kind of funny to me if they ended up sending me more codes tho on release day.

OH and yea register early doesnt seem to help if they dont send reg codes early.i dont get why they didnt let us register it, and just not have the content til its downloaded and activated.

[Kincard]

Man, I'd hate to think how some of you would complain if you were buying the JP release since they're paying $42USD for the expansion alone, and $65USD for the Ultimate Collection.

Not that I would mind a sale or something, I'm as much of a cheapskate as the next guy. Just...I'm glad I don't pay the inflated price for games that Japan always seems to have, heh.

[hideka]

Greetings,

The price point of $19.99 that some users were seeing for the FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition was not a limited run promotion, or a reduced price discount for a limited time, but simply a pricing error that was corrected as soon as it was found. While a handful of users were able to order at this price, it was not intended and has been corrected to its normal price of $39.99. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

As for users that have been receiving their bonus item codes when pre-ordering from our online store, this was also an error on our part.
We are still currently discussing how to best follow-up on the situation and will update as soon as we have more information.

*cue Dr. cox*
ok susan, THIS is why we don't hire second rate companies to sling our products, aka digital river. you see in fact, choosing these companies is just asking for trouble. you know there newbie, instead of just going with steam, which was tried tested and true, you decided to save a few pennies so that you could afford that new dress you've been dying to get; and by doing that you've gone and LOST yourself money in the process. good going there newbie.


for anyone who didn't get the scrubs reference, my condolences. its supposed to be a joke.

[Akun5]

instead of just going with steam, which was tried tested and true,

lolno. Buying the steam collection was a horrible mistake. It doesn't let you open more then one instance of the game, if you need to uninstall you have to do more work, and the config rarely works right. I paid 10 extra bucks for the collection for PC just to get XI off my steam

[Demon6324236]

lolno. Buying the steam collection was a horrible mistake. It doesn't let you open more then one instance of the game, if you need to uninstall you have to do more work, and the config rarely works right. I paid 10 extra bucks for the collection for PC just to get XI off my steam

Am I mistaken in assuming that there is a way to disconnect it from Steam without buying it again? Cause I am fairly sure that there is a way to do such a thing. The point being in either case, they chose a terrible way to sell the game, rather than a well known way which a ton of people see, talk about, and use on a daily basis, in this case, Steam. Others use Gamestop, Amazon, and more, all of which were better options, and yet, not chosen.

[Darkshade]

It's fairly easy to use PlayOnline/FINAL FANTASY XI with a Steam install without actually using Steam. Simply running the executable located in the installation directory alleviates this. (Or using windower.) In either case, Steam is likely one of the fastest methods of re-installation and I don't know why so many people are against it.

Yes it's stupid that SE doesn't host there updates as .torrents/the entire game as a download for us paying customers, but something is to be said about the game still having the file-by-file update system 12 years later.

For reference the Steam installation directory for FINAL FANTASY XI can usually be found at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ffxi\SquareEnix

As a side note/question: Who was sending out the emails with the activation codes for shirt/hat? SE themselves? or is DigitalRiver sending them out? Also someone should post when SE starts sending out activation codes for SoA. Thanks.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Greetings,

The price point of $19.99 that some users were seeing for the FFXI: Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition was not a limited run promotion, or a reduced price discount for a limited time, but simply a pricing error that was corrected as soon as it was found. While a handful of users were able to order at this price, it was not intended and has been corrected to its normal price of $39.99. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

As for users that have been receiving their bonus item codes when pre-ordering from our online store, this was also an error on our part.
We are still currently discussing how to best follow-up on the situation and will update as soon as we have more information.

Bait and switch come to mind.
If individuals recived a listed and advertised price, then other individuals would tried to order at that price and were deined access, have a right to that price as well.
And how can the pricing shown be such a small error that you're trying to make it out to be? It wasn't that someone accidently typed in 19.99 instead of 39.99. The 39.99 was crossed out, the 19.99 was placed next to an additional icon that said "promo price" and it said "you save $20."

I would like to remind all of you that the title of this thread is: which patently applies to those in the EU, in part at least.FTFY!

This thead was started about the NA.STORE.square-enix.com, not the eu.store.square-enix.com. Hence the difference. Being flooded with a different issue only detracts from the issue at hand. here are already a multitude of threads about the EU order issues that are being ignored, we don't need them to start ignoring this thread too because of it.

[hideka]

Bait and switch come to mind.
If individuals recived a listed and advertised price, then other individuals would tried to order at that price and were deined access, have a right to that price as well.

if SE or any of their authorized retailers actually advertised the product as 19.99 they would in fact be legally obligated to provide that price to ANYONE who provided proof of having seen the advertised product of 19.99. since SE has actually put out an admission of fault, they have now removed the need for evidence of the advertisement. all one would simply need to do is to state that they purchased the game, or intended to purchase, due to the lower advertised price and SE would legally have to provide the product at that price. so anyone who was willing to pursue SE legally would actually win the case. now nobody in their right minds is going to waste thousands upon thousands of dollars to take SE to court over 20 bucks.

small and short is: if SE tries to charge you more than what you initially paid for a product as advertised, then they are breaking the law, which at that juncture they would be legally liable for a number of lawsuits that would be worth pursuing. SE has a legal team specifically for dealing with debacles like this so i doubt they'll be asking for their 20 bucks back at any point in time.

[hideka]

lolno. Buying the steam collection was a horrible mistake. It doesn't let you open more then one instance of the game, if you need to uninstall you have to do more work, and the config rarely works right. I paid 10 extra bucks for the collection for PC just to get XI off my steam

oh you poor poor soul. if you cant run the FF launcher via the route mentioned above, right click and run as admin. for some reason the steam version can be funky like that.