Pre-orders from BestBuy.com... did you get any code for early access yet?

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06-05-2015, 11:56 PM
Thandronen

Pre-orders from BestBuy.com... did you get any code for early access yet?

Just curious if anyone who pre-ordered online from Best Buy received anything or not considering their listing did say folks would get early access. I haven't seen anything yet in my email.

Did anyone pre-order at a Best Buy retail location and get a code on their receipt or anything?
06-08-2015, 11:39 PM
Thandronen

/bump ... I might have to cancel my Best Buy order and just purchase off the PSN Store if I want early access.
06-09-2015, 12:13 AM
Kitsune

I would probably dump the bestbuy preorder they can be really bad about codes.

PSN or GameStop are possibly some of the safest bets.
06-09-2015, 12:41 AM
Thandronen

Yeah I'm gonna contact them later this week and check on it...
06-09-2015, 12:48 AM
Ilitsa

Nothings guaranteed at this point for consoles. I ordered my ps4 physical CE from the SE store, and had the money taken out of my account 5 days ago, and have yet to get my EA code.
06-09-2015, 01:00 AM
Thandronen

Yeah I saw in another thread (not sure if it's true or not) someone mentioned that NA SE store orders did not get their code yet but JP and EU did.

I want this physical collector's edition I ordered but I also want early access so, I'm in a rock and a hard place at the moment with this decision.
06-09-2015, 01:22 AM
Lexia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilitsa

Nothings guaranteed at this point for consoles. I ordered my ps4 physical CE from the SE store, and had the money taken out of my account 5 days ago, and have yet to get my EA code.

Have you checked you SE store account, they will list pre-order codes there also.
06-09-2015, 01:29 AM
Ilitsa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lexia

Have you checked you SE store account, they will list pre-order codes there also.

only thing that shows there is my activation code (which was input at the preorder site, which still shows me as "pending"
http://puu.sh/ih3Ay/14a3b43465.png
06-09-2015, 01:31 AM
amanda

NA ps3/4 physical copy after the pre order code is entered at pre order site puts it to pending
06-09-2015, 01:45 AM
WHS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thandronen

Just curious if anyone who pre-ordered online from Best Buy received anything or not considering their listing did say folks would get early access. I haven't seen anything yet in my email.

Did anyone pre-order at a Best Buy retail location and get a code on their receipt or anything?

Says in this forum thread that they are giving them out a week before release.

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Gaming-...de/td-p/912205

I'm guessing around the 11th?

Also says if you do preorder you have till the 18th end of day to get early access. After that and BestBuy probably can't help you.

Just another html link about Bestbuy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...st_buy_online/

Also just something I had to call them when ffxiv first came out to get my early access codes and back then they tried to blame it on SE sending them out late.
06-09-2015, 03:29 AM
Thandronen

Thanks for the in-depth details on this WHS! I was hoping someone might have some insight and experience purchasing the game from Best Buy.
06-10-2015, 05:21 AM
Thandronen

The reply from Best Buy:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike @ Best Buy

We haven't been provided with any additional information to date. Customers must have their pre-order in by 6/18 to receive an early access code. Those codes should then go out within a business day, so I would anticipate you receive it on the 19. As you placed a BestBuy.com order, the code would go to the email address you entered for the order.

My reply:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thandronen

Mike,

Thanks for the follow up, I really do appreciate it.

The problem here becomes that early access begins on the 19th at 5AM EST/ 2AM PST. Myself and many others will want to play right away at 5AM when the game early access goes live on 6/19. To have to wait until literally the day of for an email to arrive with the code is simply unacceptable. I will wait to see if the code arrives any earlier than what you anticipate but if by 6/18 that code doesn't come through, I will have to cancel my pre-order and just buy the digital version off the playstation store which includes immediate early access play.

Thanks again for providing us with the most up to date information you can and please do let us know if any new info comes to light between now and then.

Just wanted folks to know the latest so they too can make the best decision in securing early access and their copy of the game. It may or may not be this way for other non-SE retailer outlets promising early access but if I were you, I'd check into it sooner than later.