Questions regarding Stormblood Pre-orders or Collector's Edition

[MrHades]

Sorry, I did not give enough information. I preordered a physical CE for PS4, and I do recall redeeming 2 different codes, with the final being the early access code. However the "O" is not present.

[Niwashi]

Sorry, I did not give enough information. I preordered a physical CE for PS4, and I do recall redeeming 2 different codes, with the final being the early access code. However the "O" is not present.

With physical copies, the game registration code will come in the box itself when it's delivered. The only one you'd get through email is the pre-order (early access) code.

I believe it still uses a somewhat roundabout pattern, though, where you need to register the emailed code on one (SE) site, which simply gives you a PSN code in exchange that you then need to register on your PSN account. (And apparently a similar pattern but with MogStation rather than PSN for PC versions.)

[MrHades]

Okay cool. After having checked back in my emails, I did find one email to confirm the order and register on a special SE site for Stormblood. Then another email I got in February with the early access code to register through PSN. But the Mog Station never updated and it worried me a bit. So what happens during early access if I don't have my physical copy to register? Do I still get access but get booted on the 20th till it's registered?

[Niwashi]

But the Mog Station never updated and it worried me a bit.

This part I don't have an answer for. It really seems about time for SE to jump in and provide that answer themselves, since a few players have had questions/concerns about it.

So what happens during early access if I don't have my physical copy to register? Do I still get access but get booted on the 20th till it's registered?

With just the pre-order code but without the final game registration code, you'd get access during the early access period, but will have to register the game code soon after the official release or else lose that access. (It probably won't happen right away on the 20th, though. They've previously had a short grace period to give everyone a chance to receive and register their copies of game. So effectively, the early access code covers from a few days before the 20th through a few days after the 20th. I'm just not sure exactly how long that grace period is.)

[LunaFaye]

Okay cool. After having checked back in my emails, I did find one email to confirm the order and register on a special SE site for Stormblood. Then another email I got in February with the early access code to register through PSN. But the Mog Station never updated and it worried me a bit. So what happens during early access if I don't have my physical copy to register? Do I still get access but get booted on the 20th till it's registered?

Somewhere it stated that you'll have one week (maybe it was the last live letter?), after the official launch of Stormblood to register your key. This won't effect early access, since you're able to log into the game and play it, including the expansion with the pre order code you've registered. That means, if you logged out in old ARR and HW area's, depending on the expansions you've have currently registered and been playing, you will have no issues to log back into the game, but won't be able to access the SB area's/map till you've have successfully registered the product key that comes with your physical copy.
If you logged out in an SB area, after the expiration of this given time frame, you won't be able to log into the game at all, on that character that's in the SB area, till you registered the key. Hope it helps.