Dev Please?? EU vs NA how is this right?

EU site:

Standard Edition
PlayStation®4
Package and Digital Download

Windows®
Package and Digital Download*************

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/



NA site:

Standard Edition
PlayStation®4
Physical and Digital Download - $39.99

Windows®
Digital Download - $39.99
* NOTE: Windows version is only available as a Digital Download********

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/




How is this ok?

(they are selling a standard Edition to EU players with a physical and digital copy options. NA get only digital for windows.)

Did you really need to make a new thread? You already had one...

As for the reason, maybe the physical standard editions just didn't sell enough to be worth the logistics costs. It is an expansion to game that is wholly online after all.

You'd be very lucky to see physical copies in EU stores anyway (specifically in England). My disc of ARR was literally the launcher on a disc and nothing else. So really just gonna echo what Valkyrie has said.

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Originally Posted by noxen

You'd be very lucky to see physical copies in EU stores anyway (specifically in England). My disc of ARR was literally the launcher on a disc and nothing else. So really just gonna echo what Valkyrie has said.

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That was explained to him in his last thread as well, and he said he wanted the box art. Its available on SE's Press site, which was also linked to him. He never responded to that part tho...

He went on some rant about if parts are going to be digital everything should be digital, including the statues lol. (Or that they should be sold separately, making the collectors edition kind of pointless to begin with, just because HE doesn't care about "some silly figure", he just wants the box art.)

Old thread for reference, its not even 2 weeks old.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...sical-copy#top

Wait, somebody's complaining that they're not being given the option to have to wait for the physical version to arrive, potentially delaying their gameplay for several days?

ok


I wasnt aware that asking for something that seems very reasonable, considering its offered to others, translates into being berated on the forums. I'll try to keep that in mind next time.

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Originally Posted by Pixiehawk

No delay at all if you preorder. My HW copy arrived the day after launch. I had downloaded everything for the early release play for the preorder. They realize physical copies might be delayed and give like a week or something after launch to get the code entered. I popped the code in and there was no change at all to gameplay. I just got to keep playing past the early release grace period.

The early release is all digital.

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Thank you for having common sense. (That is not sarcasm. Its actually nice seeing people post on the forums with actual knowledge, reasoning and civility.)

No delay at all if you preorder. My HW copy arrived the day after launch. I had downloaded everything for the early release play for the preorder. They realize physical copies might be delayed and give like a week or something after launch to get the code entered. I popped the code in and there was no change at all to gameplay. I just got to keep playing past the early release grace period.

The early release is all digital.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

That was explained to him in his last thread as well, and he said he wanted the box art. Its available on SE's Press site, which was also linked to him. He never responded to that part tho...

He went on some rant about if parts are going to be digital everything should be digital, including the statues lol. (Or that they should be sold separately, making the collectors edition kind of pointless to begin with, just because HE doesn't care about "some silly figure", he just wants the box art.)

Old thread for reference, its not even 2 weeks old.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...sical-copy#top

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Wow, I totally forgot I even posted on there.

I figure he left the old thread to fall into back pages of the forums then decided to kick up a fuss all over again. Give it another 2 weeks, we'll see -another- thread on this same thing.

I guess this is why Bethesda put out the Fallout 76 "box" with no disc - discs are a waste of resources for the small percentage who prefer them, but it at least gives everybody the box art.

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

I guess this is why Bethesda put out the Fallout 76 "box" with no disc - discs are a waste of resources for the small percentage who prefer them, but it at least gives everybody the box art.

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Nah, that set didn't include the game at all. Which is why it gets laughed at.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Nah, that set didn't include the game at all. Which is why it gets laughed at.

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Whaaaaaat? I thought it included a digital download code. Wow.

EDIT:

Found a PC version of the expansion from one of my preferred retailers. I would have preferred to order the game from another retailer, but it seems that isnt an option anymore. (The same retailer I got Heavensward, and Stormblood, doesnt seem to offer Shadowbriners, and I assume the reason being is there is no physical copy.)

They really must not be interested in being customer friendly and offering the expansion through many retailers. Not everyone wants to buy the game from a niche source.

Quick search pulled this.

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers [Online Game Code] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NH5441V..._.aXDCbZR80ATS


Edit: Apparently the op has me blocked. Explains why he didn't see the links to the artwork in the previous thread. Not sure how I was supposed to know this. I don't see why I shouldn't respond to a post on a public forum though, even if you block me. I can still provide the answers for others who have similar questions.

I don't think I've ever been particularly rude, not really sure why he wouldn't want to have a discussion on a forum for discussions, unless he just wanted people who agree, which isn't much of a discussion...