Questions regarding Stormblood Pre-orders or Collector's Edition

[Nighthawk4]

When purchase on PS4, do you still need to use the redeem site? Where is the code sent if so?

Others have advised that this gets done automatically as your Square Enix account is linked to your PSN account. I think this is what happened with ARR and HW, although it is hard to remember.

All of the other versions you get an email with a code, which you use on the reclaim site to get another code, which you then use on the MogStation to get the expansion registered for Early Access.

[Nighthawk4]

The $60 is the CE digital download which is the one I got and it's for PC and MAC and is also on the Playstation Store.

Lucky - in the UK the digital downloads are for PC or Mac, not both. If you want both you have to pay for each one.


Edit - perhaps I misread that and you meant that there is a digital download option for each platform - at extra cost for each of course?

[KrytosFallaran]

Lucky - in the UK the digital downloads are for PC or Mac, not both. If you want both you have to pay for each one.


Edit - perhaps I misread that and you meant that there is a digital download option for each platform - at extra cost for each of course?

Yes each costs $60 so if you want it for each platform you'll have to pay for each individual one so that would come out to $180 not counting tax.

[Stitches1974]

I am relaying a question from a PC player that I cannot answer being on the PS4:

My friend likes physical copies, but is instead considering getting the digital collector's edition for the added rewards. Their concern is if their PC craps out, how would they re-download FFXIV if they don't have the CD?

Also, is it possible to gift the digital collector's edition?

You download the client from the ffxiv page.

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/playersdownload/na/

[Niwashi]

Also, is it possible to gift the digital collector's edition?

Well, for PC or Mac versions, when you buy a digital version (either standard or collector's), you're buying a code which can then be added to a SE account through the MogStation. So you could buy one and simply give the code to someone else to add to their account. It's not associated with who bought it, only with whose account it's registered to.

With the PS4 version, on the other hand, I think the digital versions are only available through the PSN. Anything bought through the PSN is automatically registered to the PSN account that bought it, and in this case also to the SE account linked to that PSN account. I think the closest you can come to gifting a digital PS4 game is to give someone a PlayStation Store gift card for the appropriate amount and tell them to use that to buy the game.

[Lufir]

Thanks to the both of you!

[Lexia]

I ordered from Best Buy cause had the gamer club for 20% and had $20 reward certificate, which I did cause the certificate was going to expire in February anyways so it was kind of use it or lose it deal. But my concern is that best buy doesn't mention anything about early access which I started thinking about might be a problem if it doesn't include EA cause I have ARR/HW as digital and the SB from best buy would be physical and as far as I know can't mix digital and disc together. With early access you would just get a code to download the digital version and when the physical disc came would just be able to enter the key into mog station and continue playing with the digital copy as it the same client but since best buy has made not mention of EA am I still going to be able to use it? Will there be a code inside the physical disc to download the digital copy or will I be stuck with a copy I can't use?

[Aronys]

You can't mix Steam with physical. You can mix physical and digital otherwise if it's the same platform. Also, the store should give you a early access key beforehand. Maybe it's on your receipt?

[Stitches1974]

I would check the receipt and if it's not there, go back to the store and ask.

[Fizzlebang]

I purchased the steam digital collectors version of stormblood since my account is steam based (Ugh wish I could change this) and I entered in the early access code from mogstation which is all correct but it doesn't register the digital collectors version from my account page, I know theres a seperate keycode from steam for it but everytime I enter it in code redemption it says invalid, do you need to wait until stormblood officially releases for the digital collectors edition keys?