Felt scammed by SE

[Dragonblanco]

I have this game twice: in steam till shadowbringers
In PS4/ps5: till stormblood

I pretended to abandon steam cause I brought a ps5, then proceeded to buy endwalker expansion on psn store, just to discovery I can’t access shadowbringers right now, I ll have to wait till November,

man I’m pissed, I’m not buying shadowbringers again just to play till November, it’s an absurd… if I’m buying the last expansion, I know, in pre-sale, why I can’t access shadowbringers today?

Really SE???

What u guys got it’s I’m not paying subs till November, thanks for nothing…

All I can say is you may want to start reading before you buy stuff. I say that because it literally says the following on the page before you buy Endwalker:

IMPORTANT:
• This product is a FINAL FANTASY® XIV expansion pack that requires FINAL FANTASY® XIV Online Starter Edition (A Realm Reborn) and an active subscription to play.
• This product also includes Stormblood and Shadowbringers expansion packs, which will only be provided at the release of Endwalker.

Well, the above is from Playstation one. I didn't save the link. Then there's the below. (I'm just gonna copy from a Facebook post I made)

Please note, each expansion does not need to be purchased separately. FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker ($39.99 USD) includes all prior expansions with the purchase, including Shadowbringers, Stormblood, and Heavensward. A Realm Reborn or the Starter Edition ($19.99 USD) must be purchased and registered separately before Endwalker can be registered. Alternatively, the Complete Edition of FINAL FANTASY XIV ($59.99 USD) can be purchased, which will include A Realm Reborn and all currently released expansions. Please also note that the Collector's Edition of Endwalker does not include A Realm Reborn."

https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...Realm%20Reborn.


Or you can see:

* This is the latest FINAL FANTASY XIV expansion pack and is intended for existing users who own the full version of FINAL FANTASY XIV, as this product cannot be played on its own. In order to register this product, you will need a method to play FINAL FANTASY XIV that does not include the free trial.
* Registration of this product grants users access to Endwalker, as well as previous expansion packs, Stormblood and Shadowbringers.
* A subscription fee is required to play.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/endwalker/product/#se

I mean, I feel for you. I know you assumed it would come with and it sucks to find out it didn't. But I mean, it said it multiple places if you just slowed down. Maybe a harsh life lesson? Because in all honesty, a lot of things you want to do will be lost in fine print and if you're not checking, you can screw yourself royally. I learned this lesson the hard way at one of my jobs. They had us read our Employee Handbook and then sign that we had read it. After turning it in, the manager would check. In one of the pages, there was a spot saying to initial there if you'd like to opt out of buying the manager a meal, otherwise by signing the Employee Handbook without initialing it, we had to treat them out of our own pocket. It was just their little way to check how sincere people were, to make a point of how important it is to pay attention to detail, etc.