About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[Theodric]

Seems correct!

Well, that's disappointing. Not surprising, unfortunately...but still. I guess at this point stubbornly keeping this thread active is the best option.

[Atoli]

It's about using Final Fantasy to promote other businesses. (I find the Gamestop one more confusing than Hanabee's in this regard. Why would they specify that it be only SE or Final Fantasy products?)

Might be a SE thing.
"We send our players into your store for the codes, but you may only give them codes for games and merch from our company! That way we'll both get money! Yaaay!"

[Bixillarla]

Might be a SE thing.
"We send our players into your store for the codes, but you may only give them codes for games and merch from our company! That way we'll both get money! Yaaay!"

Don't think it is a SE requirement, the Amazon promotion was good on any game in the video game section not just SE games.

[Atoli]

Don't think it is a SE requirement, the Amazon promotion was good on any game in the video game section not just SE games.

Well, they had different negotiations with every company, obviously. Amazon is such a big partner, their position is probably a bit different.
I mean, there is absolutely no reason otherwise, except maybe some weird laws that do not allow GameStop to put a promotion on goods that are NOT from the same company as the promotion is for.

[MayleeMorningstar]

I mean, there is absolutely no reason otherwise, except maybe some weird laws that do not allow GameStop to put a promotion on goods that are NOT from the same company as the promotion is for.

This wouldn't surprise me.

I see 3 problems with the Gamestop campaign.
1: It's specific to SE games.
2: You have to visit the store in countries that have great distances and small towns. A lot of people will have to travel far to get this, which adds to the expense and it's incredibly inconvenient if you have to drive 2 hours to and from the store. It should have been an online store.
3: It says 199 kr, but I think the cheapest game you can get is around 400, so the 199 is a lie.

I only have a 45 minutes to 1 hour travel time to my closest Gamestop. Adding buss tickets + the price of the game, I would have to pay at least 650 kr. So I'd have to pay over 80 dollar if I just wanted the codes.

Luckily for me, I had to go to the city on other business, thus removing the travel costs, and I was planning on getting one of the games anyway, so for me the codes were a bonus. But if I just wanted the codes, it would insanely expensive.

[Lokier]

It's clear why it's FFXIv codes for FF games. They'd have to give the other companies money to tack their own stuff onto it.
Can't mention or show a brand without giving them their royalties, guess it works the same way with dishing out games. Partnerships and all that.

[Mayoyama]

I'm likely to get strange looks but I have almost no interest in anime.. so, being forced to buy something from Hanabee (a website I dont know) and having to buy something that I have no interest in or if I will even like it, was not a good move by SE imo.

Why couldn't Australia have something similar to Japan or USA? At least those I would have found more useful. Or even better, as an Australian living in Japan, why not just STOP making region locked BS?

[SachiMizora]

I'm likely to get strange looks but I have almost no interest in anime.. so, being forced to buy something from Hanabee (a website I dont know) and having to buy something that I have no interest in or if I will even like it, was not a good move by SE imo.

Why couldn't Australia have something similar to Japan or USA? At least those I would have found more useful. Or even better, as an Australian living in Japan, why not just STOP making region locked BS?

I myself had an interest in the series that were listed but.. the merchandise was useless + overpriced(+ shipping fees.. so glad I found a discount code to use). So I was kind of forced to buy something I didn't really want either, the things I do for maid outfit & hot retainers ;-;

[Laerune]

A question to those that just got their promotion code, when will the code expire for you?

[Niqote]

A question to those that just got their promotion code, when will the code expire for you?

The item codes are valid until 31st December, 2016.