Questions regarding Stormblood Pre-orders or Collector's Edition

Thank you for the update, I can't wait to be able to preorder properly this time :)

What time does the NA version go on sale? Is it 12pm pst Noon? or 12am pst midnight? ^_- I know the slide says 12:00pm just want to make sure.

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Originally Posted by Destinova

What time does the NA version go on sale? Is it 12pm pst Noon? or 12am pst midnight? ^_- I know the slide says 12:00pm just want to make sure.

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12:00 pm PST

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Originally Posted by Lexia

I highly doubt that is the reason, as heavensward by itself when it came out was $40 by itself, and did not include ARR. If wanted ARR+HW had to pay $60.

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I only entered HW about an year after its release so the price I know it is the current price it is at.
If HW was also $40 when it came out, then I guess my only choice is to just accept it...

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

$40 is the price for Stormblood. But apparently Stormblood's storyline is going to require going through the Heavensward storyline, so they include Heavensward for free to anyone who buys SB. You aren't paying for HW again, you're just not in a position to need that freebie added in.

If they hadn't included it that way, they'd have players with only ARR + SB and no way to access half the content they'd purchased. (Their other alternative would have been to have the HW and SB storylines run in parallel, so either one could follow the ARR story, and could be played in either order, but the devs seem to prefer a continuous narrative.)

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YoshiP said he's going to include HW because buying 2 expansions separately would be a hassle, just like how he had to buy 3 expansions separately for another MMO he played, and he didn't want FFXIV players to experience that.
So, my assumption was SB price = SB + HW, which made me think getting this 'we're gonna add HW into the SB expansion' thing a waste of money when I already have HW.

I'm not really sure where you got the idea of 'they won't be able to experience half the content they bought' since you obviously have to have finished 3.5x in order to experience SB.
In my opinion, those people who wanted to just buy SB and say 'yeah this is enough' probably either didn't do their research or something, or thinks they can just skip through HW (which obviously you can't. They're gonna miss so much good stuff D: )
But for those people that just wants to buy everything at once gets the Complete set. That's what that set is for.
IF SB price was going to be $20 like HW is right now, and SE wanted to have a 'expansion only set' and make that $40, it makes complete sense since buying 2 expansions separately is a hassle just like how YoshiP experienced.

I guess my main questions was "why is it $40 when HW is only $20 (now)?" But if HW was also sold at $40 by itself when it first came out, then it makes a lot of sense, and I won't complain if SB came with HW. It's a "free" addition of an expansion after all.
(If SB price was still SB ($20) + HW ($20) = $40, THEN I'm complaining because I don't need another license for HW)

what time does EU preorder start?

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

what time does EU preorder start?

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16h00 / 4h00 PM (GMT) so 17h00 / 5h00 PM (CET).

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Originally Posted by Yasminou

16h00 / 4h00 PM (GMT) so 17h00 / 5h00 PM (CET).

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Thank you. I'm CET so 5 then! Hope it hits PSN at the same hour

will the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Complete Collector’s Edition has ARR/HW/SB/each ditigal upgrade code separated? so I can give my friend ARR's and HW's digital upgrade code?

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Originally Posted by CrispyCrab

will the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Complete Collector’s Edition has ARR/HW/SB/each ditigal upgrade code separated? so I can give my friend ARR's and HW's digital upgrade code?

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The complete edition are usually one code that unlocks everything and not separate codes, I believe is how SE does it.

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Originally Posted by Lexia

The complete edition are usually one code that unlocks everything and not separate codes, I believe is how SE does it.

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Ad it seems, expansions will behave almost the same: one code to unlock every expansion up to this expansion but no ARR unlocking (so HW has one code that unlocks HW only, but SB has one code unlocks both HW and SB).

I can't seem to find the Stormblood Collector's Edition pre-order available anywhere, only the standard game. When is the Collector's Edition pre-order going to be released?

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Originally Posted by Antonio_Xul

I can't seem to find the Stormblood Collector's Edition pre-order available anywhere, only the standard game. When is the Collector's Edition pre-order going to be released?

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12 P.M PDT is what I read

Any guesstimates on when the AMD processor and GPU requirements will be available? Is it reasonable to assume if HW runs great that Stormblood should too?

UK Orders are live
PC Collectors Physical (£179.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...r-s-edition-pc
PC Collectors Digital (£44.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...on-pc-download
PC Regular Edition Physical (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...-stormblood-pc
PC Regular Edition Digital (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...od-pc-download

PS4 Collectors Physical (£179.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...-s-edition-ps4
PS4 Regular Edition (£39.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...stormblood-ps4

Mac Collectors Digital (£44.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...edition-mac-os
Mac Regular Edition (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...rmblood-mac-os

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Originally Posted by ffchampion

UK Orders are live
PC Collectors Physical (£179.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...r-s-edition-pc
PC Collectors Digital (£44.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...on-pc-download
PC Regular Edition Physical (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...-stormblood-pc
PC Regular Edition Digital (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...od-pc-download

PS4 Collectors Physical (£179.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...-s-edition-ps4
PS4 Regular Edition (£39.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...stormblood-ps4

Mac Collectors Digital (£44.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...edition-mac-os
Mac Regular Edition (£29.99) - https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/...rmblood-mac-os

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The UK pricing on the physical CE is ridiculous again. There's no way that statue and art book are worth an extra £135. The statue would have to be of the same quality as the Odin statue they released in December for that price to make sense, and we all saw the terrible quality of the statue in the last CE...

France (PS4, PC and MAC, digital and physical products):

https://www.square-enix-boutique.com/ffxiv-stormblood

Germany (PS4, PC and MAC, digital and physical products):

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/de/ffxiv-stormblood

United Kingdom (PS4, PC and MAC, digital and physical products):

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/uk/ffxiv-stormblood

Rest of Europe (PS4, PC and MAC, digital and physical products):

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/eu/ffxiv-stormblood

Australia (Only digitals):

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/au/ffxiv-stormblood

[EU][ANZ] The Stormblood pre-order page is now live!

You can use the link below to go to your local European Square Enix Online Store.
If you reside in ANZ, the same link will work for you as well.

http://sqex.to/mdk

We've also amended the first post on this thread to include a link to the Stormblood pre-order page.

Is there going to be any type of digital upgrade so if person buys regular version of SB they can later get the CE stuff (like the mount) like they did previously?

How do I pre order the digital collectors edition for PS4 and when can I pre order for NA time?

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Originally Posted by Lexia

Is there going to be any type of digital upgrade so if person buys regular version of SB they can later get the CE stuff (like the mount) like they did previously?

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That was already included in the original post:

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

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Will there be a digital Collector’s Edition upgrade to receive the Collector’s Edition in-game items?

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Yes, there will be.

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Originally Posted by Alberel

The statue would have to be of the same quality as the Odin statue

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Not happening:

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Originally Posted by Kaposhipi

La figurine de Zenos est en plastique moulé.

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Molded plastic, not resin.

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Originally Posted by Fyce

Not happening:Molded plastic, not resin.

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Yeah I assumed much. So the CE is indeed massively over-priced for what it contains then.

The Odin statue is £110 here in the UK.

Meanwhile the physical extras in the CE are worth £135 after subtracting the £45 value of the digital CE.

Given a guesstimated price breakdown:

• the art book is likely worth about £25. The art books included in CEs are typically smaller than the standalone ones and this price is in line with that
• the sticker and map aren't worth more than £10 combined
• that leaves us with the statue for roughly £100...

The much poorer quality plastic statue is being sold at roughly the same price as the resin Odin statue. I'm honestly very disappointed in SE for such a blatant cash grab. No way am I handing over money for that.

I just thought I'd pop in and laugh at the ridiculous price point for the Collector's Edition. I know Brexit is a thing, but come on.

There is absolutely, no way, no how, that lot is worth £180.

I don't think this been answered but since there will be a early access for pre-ordering which I assuming doesn't matter where you order from right? That there will be a code to allow to download SB digitally regardless if you buy physical or digital version? To allow to play during EA?

so NA preorders aren't for another hour or so?

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Originally Posted by Lexia

I don't think this been answered but since there will be a early access for pre-ordering which I assuming doesn't matter where you order from right? That there will be a code to allow to download SB digitally regardless if you buy physical or digital version? To allow to play during EA?

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That's how it worked for Heavensward. Those who pre-ordered the physical version were emailed a pre-order code ahead of the actual box being shipped. (Then the box contains a full registration code.) During early access, you just needed the pre-order code. Once early access is over, you needed the registration code.

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Originally Posted by Akira

so NA preorders aren't for another hour or so?

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If the 12 P.M PDT is correct then yes it'll be live in 1 hour from now.

When are we going to be able to preorder Stormblood for the NA market?
:)

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Originally Posted by Andoriel

When are we going to be able to preorder Stormblood for the NA market?
:)

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One post above yours. :)

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Originally Posted by seraf

If the 12 P.M PDT is correct then yes it'll be live in 1 hour from now.

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i see that on the preorder, it seems like it is for physical copies. how do i preorder a digital copy?

NA store just got Stormblood listed

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Originally Posted by AtraVeritas

i see that on the preorder, it seems like it is for physical copies. how do i preorder a digital copy?

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For EU store (d/l): https://store.eu.square-enix.com/eu/...od-pc-download
Collectors EU (d/l): https://store.eu.square-enix.com/eu/...on-pc-download
For PS4 I think you have to go through the playstation store.

For NA store (d/l): https://store.na.square-enix.com/pro...od-pc-download
Collectors NA (d/l): https://store.na.square-enix.com/pro...on-pc-download

edit: got links mixed up. ^^ fixed.

Got muh CE \o/

for ps4 digital preorder?

just wanted to make sure

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

NA store just got Stormblood listed



Fore EU store: https://store.eu.square-enix.com/eu/...od-pc-download
Collectors EU: https://store.eu.square-enix.com/eu/...on-pc-download
For PS4 I think you have to go through the playstation store.

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for ps4 digital preorder?

just wanted to make sure

Pre-orders for the standard and Collector's Editions are now live on the North American Square Enix Online Store! http://stormblood.na.square-enix.com

They're up!
https://store.na.square-enix.com/preorder

Oh, everyone beat me. lol

Mine took awhile to go through but finally got it lol

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Originally Posted by AtraVeritas

for ps4 digital preorder?

just wanted to make sure

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I don't see any digital pre-orders for PS4 on the square store, but going to the playstation store it shows it listed with the following:

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PRE-ORDER – IMMEDIATE PAYMENT REQUIRED

DIGITAL PRE-ORDER DETAILS: Join the Resistance and continue your FINAL FANTASY XIV adventure in the next expansion to the critically acclaimed online RPG that features an increased Level Cap (60-70), new jobs, new dungeons/raids, new areas to explore & so much more!

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They have both a normal and a CE listed there.

Physical CE is overpriced so I will be passing on it.