About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[DarkPikachu]

This is just a kick in the face. I am just hoping as a UK citizen myself (who btw have NEVER seen this magazine being sold anywhere) will be able to participate in the other ways to get the items with the other fellow EU players outside of the UK. There should be an unlimited supply of codes to go around for everybody with a campaign this fought over and a game this big, the fact its sold out within 48 hours of release is well, expected sure but really lame also because i dont think everyone is going to be given a chance to get the items after all this time, and thats really sad. 48 hours lol..

[Chocom0g]

This is just a kick in the face. I am just hoping as a UK citizen myself (who btw have NEVER seen this magazine being sold anywhere) will be able to participate in the other ways to get the items with the other fellow EU players outside of the UK. There should be an unlimited supply of codes to go around for everybody with a campaign this fought over and a game this big, the fact its sold out within 48 hours of release is well, expected sure but really lame also because i dont think everyone is going to be given a chance after all this time, and thats really sad.

If you live in the UK Asda, tesco etc sells them instore, thats where i got mine, it was hidden behind all the pc and xbox magazines. Got mine for like £5.

[DarkPikachu]

wait you saw it in asda? hmm i will have to look and see if i can get it, how many were there may i ask?

[Ageofwar]

If you live in the UK Asda, tesco etc sells them instore, thats where i got mine, it was hidden behind all the pc and xbox magazines. Got mine for like £5.

ooo thank you for the tip

[Lambadelta]

(who btw have NEVER seen this magazine being sold anywhere) .

Supermarkets, WHSmith and Newsagents. I saw copies in all of those.

If people wanted to do the promotion they would of made sure to either be ready at 10am for the sale of the magazine to go up on their website, or pop into a shop to grab a copy. It wasn't hard, and wasn't impossible to find. This is the BIGGEST multi-platform magazine in the UK, and is published by one of the biggest magazine publishers.

[Chocom0g]

Probably about 3-4 but i live in a town rather than a major city so not sure if thats the reasoning behind there being so few but the ones i saw were hidden behind other magazines since it's not really popular

[Skivvy]

I do hope that SE will be providing a new promotion for EU players after this snafu. I imagine they can't just withdraw from the current offer for legal reasons, but they really need to make it up to you all and give a proper way to obtain the items.

[Ziegsy]

So the issues went live on the website for about 2 hours before being taken down, sold out I assume. We snagged the only two copies left from another distributor. We went into the town, then the city looking for copies - Nothing. REALLY poor distribution here.

[CheshirePuss]

There is one other little 'note'... which has a few people I know rather... annoyed...



So while Japan, the US and the UK can get these items... the rest of the world has to wait even longer. This is getting to be absurd now...

I'm not going to defend the situation, since I know literally nothing about its inner detailing. But anyone who has played MMO/MMORPG's long enough, should be familiar that there's always a distinct pattern in terms of how events like these have to be handled, depending on the region. EU has almost always been seen as the most independent of methods in regards to how the event is dealt, and what prizes these events offer. It's unfortunately not a new circumstance, and I can't imagine this ever ending with just SE doing it. Other companies have, and may still suffer similar circumstances.

[Lauren]

I'm just shocked that there was no realisation how small GameMaster's Print run actually is and how popular the magazines would be with FFXIV fans hungry for the codes.

At least with the NA deal there was no limit to how many people could get codes the day it started until the day it ended.

I got lucky and managed to order 2 copies for me and my boyfriend before it sold out.