About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[Arielyanna]

I agree with what you're saying but a major problem with the NA promotion was that they could cancel their order after the code had been emailed and got the items for free. SE has every right to say "We want to make sure this does not happen again" but a media which few people are interested in nowadays because of plentiful access to information. No. JP and NA had a choice, UK did not and EU did not AND have to pay more for it

I wouldn't mind if it was a more reputable company and/or a more viable (and reliable) method of getting said magazines. Game Master is not available here in Australia and I'm not going to order magazines I have no desire for, just for a code. Spending $40 AUSD or higher just for a code? I may be crazy with my money at times, but notTHAT crazy. Yes the method used for NA via Amazon probably caused the need for something different for this promotion... but this? No, I don't like it...

The thing is... the way it was handled in Japan and NA... was really rather simple and straightforward. Yes, in NA it was abused by some, but it would've been far more preferable than this. Include a code or something with said purchase and that has to be entered ALONGSIDE the code for the items... something like that would've helped limit the debacle with the NA promotion.

In any event, SE should've thought more about this before going ahead. I can understand that there could have been some legal repercussions for putting the items on the Mogstation or that using another sort of promotion with another company would help (like they did in Japan with 7/11)... anything but something like this.