Questions regarding Stormblood Pre-orders or Collector's Edition

[Niwashi]

I own both ARR and Heavensward physical edition on PS4.
Which means whenever I want to play another game, I need to swap disc.
I would like to get rid of this by pre-ordering a digital copy of Stormblood.
Would that work ? Or would I still need my heavensward disc in the console?

You can already remove that restriction, although it requires a pretty large download. (I've done it myself, and for the same reason. I got annoyed with having to switch disks back and forth when switching between games.)

If you remove the disc and delete the game from your PS4 hard drive, and then go to your library and select to re-download it from the PlayStation Store (where you already have it licenced, so there's no fee involved), you can download the full game in the version that does not require the disc to be in the drive.

[Angus]

Is there a chance SE can sell a package for users on multiple platforms? Say, buy the CE for PC and get the access code for PS4 for an additional $20.

[Lexia]

Is there a chance SE can sell a package for users on multiple platforms? Say, buy the CE for PC and get the access code for PS4 for an additional $20.

They have not done so in the past so don't think they are going to start now.

[EU_Community_Team]

Greetings,

We'd like to take this opportunity to answer a few questions raised by our European players, and also clarify the pricing for FFXIV Stormblood on the European Square Enix Online Store.

How much will it be for EU players for the physical collectors edition? I saw the Na prices but no EU. Last time it wasn't even converted from $ to £ they changed the currency sign for the heavensward one ($129.99 to £129.99 instead of currency converting) so it was super expensive :/

On the European Square Enix Online Store, the physical collector’s edition will be either £179.99 or €199.99 depending on your country of residence. We have added the European prices to this thread.

I'm curious as well, I see pic where is says "(NA) The Stormblood Collector's Edition is only available on the Square Enix Online Store.", but what about EU?

Just wondering since when I paid visit to city, shop employee told me that I could get physical Collector's Edition from them.

The physical collector’s edition of Stormblood is exclusive to the Square Enix Online Store in Europe too.

When can we Preorder Stormblood PS4 on the Europe Playstation Store? Im kínda worried because the problems we had with havensward preorder and the PSN store.!

For PAL territories, pre-orders on the PlayStation Store will commence on Tuesday, 24 January 2017.

Will we be getting CE Physical Edition on the Australian Square-Enix Shop.

When will you be releasing information regarding the availability of the Physical Collector's Edition to those in New Zealand & Australia?

We cannot give any specific information at this stage, but please rest assured that we are working on making the physical Collector’s Edition for both PC and PS4 available in Australia and New Zealand. We will follow up with further details as soon as we are able.

[Anzaman]

The physical collector’s edition of Stormblood is exclusive to the Square Enix Online Store in Europe too.

Thank you, even this evening GameStop employee was unsure if they are getting Collector's Editions or not, but this cleared the situation.

I have my wallet ready.

[Michiko]

Will there be a limited amount of physical Collector's Edition copies of the game? I've always loved all the art books and whatnot but often times by the time I get home from work the physical CE version has 'sold out'.

[Kaiyoko]

Is there any possibility of getting another Collector's Edition version without the statue? All the items in the CE look great but the statue hikes up the price to $200. I'd love to have another version of the Collector's Edition for even $100 without the statue and everything else that comes with it.

Even Final Fantasy XV had multiple versions of their Physical CE that didn't include the Play Arts Kai Noctis that were more reasonably priced.

[ryuseistreamgirl]

Several Questions:

1) I'm not sure if anyone has asked this, but I know when you pre-order Stormblood, Heavensward comes with it.
Is there going to be an option to buy just Stormblood expansion for those that already have access/bought Heavensward?
I believe Stormblood's price is $40 because it includes both expansions.
I already have access to Heavensward, so I feel like if I buy Stormblood, it's a "waste" of both money and HW access.
On top of that, I already play on 2 platforms, and with Stormblood price equaling the price of 2 expansions, I don't think I have the money or the will to buy 2 "more" access to Heavensward when it's unnecessary...


2) For "Early Access" to Stormblood, would buying a copy via NA Amazon/NA Playstation Store count? Would we still get the code for early access?
I saw in the screenshot that if you buy a copy via JP Playstation Store, it'll automatically be added to your account, but is that also true for NA people?



3) This is my first time pre-ordering an expansion so sorry if this is a stupid question.
I'm assuming you'll get the Red Mage Minion and Ala Mhigan Earring when you pre-order, regardless of where you pre-order it?



Thank you,

[Lexia]

I believe Stormblood's price is $40 because it includes both expansions.

I highly doubt that is the reason, as heavensward by itself when it came out was $40 by itself, and did not include ARR. If wanted ARR+HW had to pay $60.

[Niwashi]

I'm not sure if anyone has asked this, but I know when you pre-order Stormblood, Heavensward comes with it.
Is there going to be an option to buy just Stormblood expansion for those that already have access/bought Heavensward?
I believe Stormblood's price is $40 because it includes both expansions.

$40 is the price for Stormblood. But apparently Stormblood's storyline is going to require going through the Heavensward storyline, so they include Heavensward for free to anyone who buys SB. You aren't paying for HW again, you're just not in a position to need that freebie added in.

If they hadn't included it that way, they'd have players with only ARR + SB and no way to access half the content they'd purchased. (Their other alternative would have been to have the HW and SB storylines run in parallel, so either one could follow the ARR story, and could be played in either order, but the devs seem to prefer a continuous narrative.)