Heavensward - Buying expansion once or twice for PC & PS4?

I own the base game on both PC and PS4. Of course we all know that in order to play it on both platforms, I had to buy the base game twice. When the Heavensward expansion is released, will I have to buy the expansion twice to get it on both PC and PS4 platforms?

This has already been answered in multiple threads already, but yes you will need to buy a new copy for every platform you wish to play it on. SE has a licensing agreement with Sony which will allow Sony to take a cut of sales for their platform and by it's nature would prevent PC copies from working on their consoles (else they wouldn't make money from them).

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Originally Posted by Alberel

This has already been answered in multiple threads already, but yes you will need to buy a new copy for every platform you wish to play it on. SE has a licensing agreement with Sony which will allow Sony to take a cut of sales for their platform and by it's nature would prevent PC copies from working on their consoles (else they wouldn't make money from them).

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Yet I'm assuming I can buy the (Edited)PS3 version and play my linked account on my PC. SE has not officially responded to this that I'm aware of. After all, for 2.0, I purchased the (Edited)PS3 version and it enabled *both* (Edited)ps3 and PC versions.

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Originally Posted by Rhas

Yet I'm assuming I can buy the PS4 version and play my linked account on my PC. SE has not officially responded to this that I'm aware of. After all, for 2.0, I purchased the PS4 version and it enabled *both* ps4 and PC versions.

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Er. Didn't PS4 support come way after 2.0?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/ps4/beta/

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

Er. Didn't PS4 support come way after 2.0?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/ps4/beta/

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I meant Ps3 version (which I later upgraded for free to the PS4 ;P)

I'll be buying the CE for one and the normal for the other.

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Originally Posted by Rhas

Yet I'm assuming I can buy the (Edited)PS3 version and play my linked account on my PC. SE has not officially responded to this that I'm aware of. After all, for 2.0, I purchased the (Edited)PS3 version and it enabled *both* (Edited)ps3 and PC versions.

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Were you a 1.0 player? I came in on 2nd closed beta for ARR, and I had to buy both a ps3 version (got the CE), and later a pc version, 1.x players however, if they had the legacy status tagged on their account, from my understanding, did not need to purchase the game on pc.

Like wise may i ask where a Offical announced this by chance?

There hasn't been an official response. Yes, when discussing the topic of buying the game license per platform, but not for an expansion. You already own the game -- the expansion is an EXPANSION of the game that you've purchased. I am not stating this as an official response, but I would hazard that you would only buy the expansion once. :)

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Originally Posted by Ardent_Dawn

There hasn't been an official response. Yes, when discussing the topic of buying the game license per platform, but not for an expansion. You already own the game -- the expansion is an EXPANSION of the game that you've purchased. I am not stating this as an official response, but I would hazard that you would only buy the expansion once. :)

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as i would have thought

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Originally Posted by Ardent_Dawn

There hasn't been an official response. Yes, when discussing the topic of buying the game license per platform, but not for an expansion. You already own the game -- the expansion is an EXPANSION of the game that you've purchased. I am not stating this as an official response, but I would hazard that you would only buy the expansion once. :)

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There has been an official response, not perse about Heavensward but about FFXIV in general. The same buying method still applies to heavensward. You need a Game code(key) for each platform you play on.

Btw, just buy 1 collectors edition and then purchase a cheap 5-10 dollar License code for the ps4 instead of buying two games.

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Originally Posted by Syrellaris

There has been an official response, not perse about Heavensward but about FFXIV in general. The same buying method still applies to heavensward. You need a Game code(key) for each platform you play on.

Btw, just buy 1 collectors edition and then purchase a cheap 5-10 dollar License code for the ps4 instead of buying two games.

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this doesn't make practical sense, let me explain why.

I play on PS3, PS4, or one of two PC's.
Let's speculate that I buy the Expansion for my PS3. I will register the expansion on my Mog Station account. Much like the CE's, it will add "expansion: heavensward" or something similar to the list. (I have 1.0 PC CE, 2.0 PS3 CE, and 2(.1? .2?) PS4 CE. When you look at my account, it just shows Collectors Edition once)

Now, let's complicate things.

I've registered my account and am playing on my lolPS3. I go to Ishgard and I'm fighing in the battle of Bryhildr against a DragonLord and PSN goes down, and I disconnect.

Not a big deal, I shrug it off, and go to my PC and log in.

Yoshi-P already stated that the expansion gives access to the new classes and areas. You can't go there without having the expansion. Where do I end up?

Do I mystically appear at my home point as though I had died and returned? Perhaps my home point?

No, I've purchased the expansion. Just like thos epeople who purchased any CE, get all CE bonuses, I'm fairly certain one copy of the Expansion will unlock all platforms. I want to say it was the same for FFXI, but I can't say for certain.

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Originally Posted by Mishini_Dracoto

I want to say it was the same for FFXI, but I can't say for certain.

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It was. I bought Chains of Promathia only on console, but I was able to play on PC as well, because the code was attached to my player account, not the device I ran it on.

It also included codes for the vanilla game and rise of Zilart.

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Originally Posted by Mishini_Dracoto

this doesn't make practical sense, let me explain why.

I play on PS3, PS4, or one of two PC's.
Let's speculate that I buy the Expansion for my PS3. I will register the expansion on my Mog Station account. Much like the CE's, it will add "expansion: heavensward" or something similar to the list. (I have 1.0 PC CE, 2.0 PS3 CE, and 2(.1? .2?) PS4 CE. When you look at my account, it just shows Collectors Edition once)

Now, let's complicate things.

I've registered my account and am playing on my lolPS3. I go to Ishgard and I'm fighing in the battle of Bryhildr against a DragonLord and PSN goes down, and I disconnect.

Not a big deal, I shrug it off, and go to my PC and log in.

Yoshi-P already stated that the expansion gives access to the new classes and areas. You can't go there without having the expansion. Where do I end up?

Do I mystically appear at my home point as though I had died and returned? Perhaps my home point?

No, I've purchased the expansion. Just like thos epeople who purchased any CE, get all CE bonuses, I'm fairly certain one copy of the Expansion will unlock all platforms. I want to say it was the same for FFXI, but I can't say for certain.

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I wish they would have simply allowed one code on your account and it worked on all, but it does not. Why they made this choice I do not know.

For FFXIV you buy seperate codes for each platform you play on, thats just how it is. If you buy the PC version, you only get a PC code that only grants you access on the PC client. For the consoles(in example PS4) you require a serial key for that. When you add it to your account on the mog station, it will State the following.

Standard / Collectors edition : WIN, PS4.

for FF11 you could simply buy 1 on whatever platform, but due to whatever reason they did not go that route with FFXIV.

Expansions are NOT treated the same as a platform license. Please wait for an official response before continuing to spread the opinion that a person should have to buy multiple copies of an expansion to a game they already own the license to.

I made a thread about this before, so it would be good if we could get an official response from someone at SE. In my case both me and my partner play the game. As we alternate between playing on the PC and PS4 having to buy 4 copies of the game (1 PC and 1 PS4 copy each) would suck massively. They should treat it like the additional item codes. You apply the code to your SE Account and then every character on that SE account receives the benefit of it because both licence keys are stored on that account as well.

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

It was. I bought Chains of Promathia only on console, but I was able to play on PC as well, because the code was attached to my player account, not the device I ran it on.

It also included codes for the vanilla game and rise of Zilart.

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However, you still needed to obtain the actual files because they didn't over downloads

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Originally Posted by Ardent_Dawn

Expansions are NOT treated the same as a platform license. Please wait for an official response before continuing to spread the opinion that a person should have to buy multiple copies of an expansion to a game they already own the license to.

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They actually are sometimes to be honest. You are basically buying a new license for a new product that compliments earlier purchased products. but yes, we shall have to wait till some official words come out.