Lul. Never ever did I say it WASN'T coming to Australia/New Zealand so chill down a bit; I merely stated that there is a good chance that EB games/GameStop wasn't getting it as I spoke with someone who is in charge of warehouse inventory prep. I think you are the one being over pessimistic in this situation, you are assuming that anyone who says anything other than "Everyone who wants a CE is getting the CE and it's gonna be at all retailers!" is saying that "No one is ever getting the CE because SE Online Store hates you!" That's clearly not the case, however most people are basing their outlook on TRENDS within Square-Enix's way of dealing with Collector's Editions. If this is the only SE game you play on the regular then you might not be the best informed, as the past 7 or so CE have in fact without a shadow of a doubt been SE Online Store Exclusive (this is not an opinion, again this is fact), and it wouldn't be surprising if it continued on this trend. Now if you are further unaware the SE Online Store just underwent a massive rehaul, in both distributor as well as design (and it was for the better). Who knows maybe Aus/NZ can end up getting it from the Online Store, maybe they have an exclusive partnership with another AUS/NZ Online Store who will distribute it, who knows.

People are not being overly pessimistic, they are being realistic. And there is a big difference, learn it.