Make Collector Edition available in store!

Would it be possible to have the collector edition of Stormblood and Shadowbringer available in store ? The SE store is a big f*** you to international customer... 63$ shipping fee to Canada.. I mean come-on.. Ordering from random Japan import website or from amazon is free shipping. I would of got the Stormblood CE back when it released if it wasn't from the SE store exclusivity + insane shipping cost.

I have to agree, Heavensward in Canada was too much so I had to skip Stormblood and 200 US + 63 shipping + Customs for Shadowbringer I can't bring myself to do it. Huge studio in Montreal and all the affiliates. No store in Canada though.

Oh man I wish. SE hasnt put any collector editions for any of their games in a store for ages. The last time I ever bought one though say Gamestop was back when 2.0 first launched. since then its all SE store only :<
I really wish they'd just make an Amazon fulfillment deal or something and use them as their store instead.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Oh man I wish. SE hasnt put any collector editions for any of their games in a store for ages. The last time I ever bought one though say Gamestop was back when 2.0 first launched. since then its all SE store only :<
I really wish they'd just make an Amazon fulfillment deal or something and use them as their store instead.

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It would be very odd if SE didn't offer this to third party stores as the Collector's Edition for every other expansion and version of FFXIV dating right back to version 1.0 was (I preordered all of them with EB Games Australia each time they were offered: the PC Collector's Editions for FFXIV 1.0, ARR, Heavensward and Stormblood, so I want to add Shadowbringers to that collection). I would be very surprised if this was a 'SE Store Exclusive'.

Hopefully that will not be the case.

Yeah the SE store has some terrible shipping costs. Even shipping to mainland Europe from the actual EU store is restrictively expensive.

SE prob wants more control over fulfillment than what amazon would give them, otherwise they prob would have used them since the start...?

We always get the short straw, we even pay more for games that are made directly in Canada.
Also reason i did not purchase the lore book from SE which i really wanted :(

I would have thought at this stage with Shadowbringers being the 3rd expansion and players wanting to know where else they can purchase physical collector's edition's other than the Square Enix stores they would have plans already in place, being a Australian player and neither of the square Enix stores Post to Australia.... Thankfully in the past EBgames in Australia have been there for us Aussies, I really hope we hear some news soon I don't mind dropping big money on Shadowbringers CE I just want it.

The PC physical CE version is already sold out on the SE store. Not sure if they will be getting more or not, been trying to find out. Didn't even know they went on sale and missed out.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

SE prob wants more control over fulfillment than what amazon would give them, otherwise they prob would have used them since the start...?

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they do, for other game... just no for XIV merchandise

Sorry to revive this thread, but for Australian FFXIV fans EB Games has just announced that the physical Shadowbringers Collector's Edition will be available for preorder on their online store in very limited quantities from Thursday (alas when it becomes available for preorder I'll be stuck at work, so I might have to get my sister who is a manager at a EB store to try and snag one for me. :)). It should go without saying the standard version of SBS is also available right now for preorder on their online store.

So, for other countries, don't give up hope just yet! (I admit I pretty much had until today).

I'm personally would be really happy at least to have shipping to my country from SE Store. I don't even have the possibility to buy anything from official store without asking my EU friends about "can I please buy it for your address and you will send it for me?". Hello from Russian Federation. :/

Even in the country where the sutff is shipped from the shipping cost are stupid.
I really had to think about it twice before buying just 2 books from it.

Add in the fact that the Steam versions were INSANELY limited and sold out in just a few minutes on the US store.

I would love for them to meet a supply and demand for physical stores between Gamestop in the US and European/Australian stores to better help people.

With Sony now not selling digital game codes it seems like we are slowly annexing more and more ways to preorder games in store. My hope is that we get the next expac after 5.0 to actually be available in a store to preorder before everything physical goes entirely to the SE store.