RUMOR: FF XIV PS4 redemption code to ship with PS3 title....bring salt.

[Kallera]

What is to keep a user from playing the ps3 version and pawning the free download off to his friend?

[Orophin]

What is to keep a user from playing the ps3 version and pawning the free download off to his friend?

I guess nothing if they were to distribute it that way. I guess they'd have to open a website to where you apply for a PS4 key with your PS3 key through your SE Account and they manually attach the PS4 code to your account. That's the only way I could see it working to ensure it's going to the person that purchased the game originally.

[Hulan]

What is to keep a user from playing the ps3 version and pawning the free download off to his friend?

Technically? The subscription. There is virtually no purpose to owning the client if you don't have the subscription. It's a small dip in revinue, that they would recoup in just under 4 months of playtime. The number of players that would taking advantage of that is relatively negligible, since most PS3 owners will eventually get a PS4, and therefore be unlikely to pass on their codes. That being said, I still find this rumor extremely suspect.