Should items previously tied to physical purchases become available in-game again?

[Rokke]

with the exception of cait sith’s plush & shiva’s statue, none XIV’s SE store items have ever sold out quickly. You had several years to get the carbies/post moogle, CDs, and artbooks, most were still in stock on SE’s site even up till the day their codes expired. If SE wanted to reintroduce more into the gem they could just rerelease the merch with a new batch of codes.

I don’t think there’s any justifiable bragging rights about “I was able to pre-order the Shiva statue before it went OOP, and I am more entitled to the Diamond Dust emote than Little Timmy over there because he just wasn’t fast enough at pre-ordering such a limited stock item”.

There were 3 waves of Shiva spread across multiple weeks, with the first wave preorder lasting a month. If Timmy wasn’t “fast enough" to get her, he didn’t want her lol

[HyoMinPark]

There were 3 waves of Shiva spread across multiple weeks, with the first wave preorder lasting a month. If Timmy wasn’t “fast enough" to get her, he didn’t want her lol

I’ve only been aware of two waves for the Shiva statue, and how quickly did they all sell out? Same thing with the Odin statue: it sold out ridiculously fast, and the only second wave produced was put up on the JP SE store only; the NA store never saw a second wave. While I have no interest in the Odin statue or emote, I know many that do. $150 USD is fairly pricey; I can’t blame the people who wanted it not having the money directly on-hand at the time it was put up for sale. Considering the first wave wasn’t even available for a full week on the NA store, that’s not even enough time to get in a new paycheck from most jobs. Sorry, I still don’t see the reason in timed exclusivity.

[Rokke]

I’ve only been aware of two waves for the Shiva statue, and how quickly did they all sell out? Same thing with the Odin statue: it sold out ridiculously fast, and the only second wave produced was put up on the JP SE store only; the NA store never saw a second wave. While I have no interest in the Odin statue or emote, I know many that do. $150 USD is fairly pricey; I can’t blame the people who wanted it not having the money directly on-hand at the time it was put up for sale. Considering the first wave wasn’t even available for a full week on the NA store, that’s not even enough time to get in a new paycheck from most jobs. Sorry, I still don’t see the reason in timed exclusivity.

Shiva wave 1 was december.
Shiva wave 2 was bout 2ish weeks after wave 1 sold out. It lasted about 7 hours.
Shiva wave 3 was about 2ish weeks after wave 2. It also lasted around 7 hours.
Since then there have been a few listings of what I imagine were canceled sales/cards that didn't go through.

Odin did not sell "ridiculously fast"- he lasted a couple months SE store post preorder.

In addition, SE will not charge you until they are ready to ship your items. You don't need to have money on hand when a listing goes up unless you want to get the payment over and done with immediately. If someone missed either of the statues, it was entirely because they weren't paying attention to the store. There was plenty of time to preorder both.

[HyoMinPark]

Shiva wave 1 was december.
Shiva wave 2 was bout 2ish weeks after wave 1 sold out. It lasted about 7 hours.
Shiva wave 3 was about 2ish weeks after wave 2. It also lasted around 7 hours.
Since then there have been a few listings of what I imagine were canceled sales/cards that didn't go through.

Thank you for the clarification. But again, seems like neither wave lasted very long.

Odin did not sell "ridiculously fast"- he lasted a couple months SE store post preorder.

Forgive me, but I recall threads being made very quickly after he became available for pre-order on the store about how he was already showing up as on backorder or no longer available. I do not recall him lasting "a couple months" post preorder.

In addition, SE will not charge you until they are ready to ship your items. You don't need to have money on hand when a listing goes up unless you want to get the payment over and done with immediately. If someone missed either of the statues, it was entirely because they weren't paying attention to the store. There was plenty of time to preorder both.

As someone who does not like to order things if I do not have the money on hand at the time or order regardless of when a company charges for the purchase, again, I understand people not wanting to throw down $150 USD if they do not readily have it in their account. Especially since SE can be particularly finicky with chargebacks and knee-jerk banning accounts (store or game). I can't fault someone for not pre-ordering if they didn't have $150 extra already in their account; I won't pre-order unless I can set aside money to cover the purchase even if the retailer won't charge me until the day it ships. But perhaps my perspective is influenced by my own actions, and not everyone will think along the same lines as I do. Fair enough.

Sorry, but I am still not really seeing the reason to keep them exclusive. As I said, re-release merchandise (and release a high enough demand that it will not sell out in less than 12 hours), or implement these extras as log-in campaign rewards that people can get by just paying their monthly sub. Or Mogstation is always an option, but since the thread OP said to take it out of the equation, I wasn't considering them in my initial post.

[Rokke]

Thank you for the clarification. But again, seems like neither wave lasted very long.
Forgive me, but I recall threads being made very quickly after he became available for pre-order on the store about how he was already showing up as on backorder or no longer available. I do not recall him lasting "a couple months" post preorder.

Odin went up for preorder in Oct 2016, with wave 1 being NA fanfest merch and wave 2 being the general sale. Going through my old posts I found this thread. So approx 6 months, which was apparently long enough to be added to an EU online sale to get rid of him.

As someone who does not like to order things if I do not have the money on hand at the time or order regardless of when a company charges for the purchase, again, I understand people not wanting to throw down $150 USD if they do not readily have it in their account. Especially since SE can be particularly finicky with chargebacks and knee-jerk banning accounts (store or game). I can't fault someone for not pre-ordering if they didn't have $150 extra already in their account; I won't pre-order unless I can set aside money to cover the purchase even if the retailer won't charge me until the day it ships. But perhaps my perspective is influenced by my own actions, and not everyone will think along the same lines as I do. Fair enough.

Shiva wave 1 PO opened mid Dec. She did not ship until mid-late Feb. That gave everyone who preordered wave 1 around 2 months to set aside money if they hadn't already done so. If one does not find that feasible, they probably shouldn't be spending their money on video game statues.

Sorry, but I am still not really seeing the reason to keep them exclusive. As I said, re-release merchandise (and release a high enough demand that it will not sell out in less than 12 hours), or implement these extras as log-in campaign rewards that people can get by just paying their monthly sub. Or Mogstation is always an option, but since the thread OP said to take it out of the equation, I wasn't considering them in my initial post.

As I said in my earlier post, I wouldn't be adverse to them rereleasing future waves of the items that were tied to expired codes, and I wouldn't really care if Shiva was restocked a 4th time. This back and forth started because you seemed to be implying they were gone in a flash, leaving those with less than lightning fast reflexes empty handed. All XIV items are previewed waaaaaaaay before their PO go up in the Live Letters. If you (general you) see something you like, jot down the PO time. The plushies, the CDs, the art books, and the statues all have/had plenty of breathing room PO wise :P