PC Legacies Can't Get CE Items?

[Alhanelem]

Correct seems that we're screwed. And to make things better SE didn't make the CE (PC) available outside the NA SE store so I'm out of $82 for the moment (had it been Amazon I would just cancel and pre-order the PS3 version and see how I would go around using a PS3).

Come on, what's another $20 + the first month (since we'll have to pay as soon as the service starts)?

We were doing so good.

How are you screwed? All you have to do is upgrade to the CE and you get the CE bonus items.

If you already own the 1.0 collector's edition, you don't even need to do that.

As for the per order items, you only get those by pre ordering. If you already own and don't choose to pre order anything, you don't get the pre order bonuses because you didn't pre order. I would agree it sucks but it is at least clearly spelled out.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

How are you screwed? All you have to do is upgrade to the CE and you get the CE bonus items.

If you already own the 1.0 collector's edition, you don't even need to do that.

That's fine if you only want the digital items, but if you want the physical items as well and you have a standard edition account, you're forced to either buy the PS3 physical CE which may not be an option for some people, or buy both the PC physical CE and the Digital CE account upgrade in order to get all the CE items.

[Alhanelem]

That's fine if you only want the digital items, but if you want the physical items as well and you have a standard edition account, you're forced to either buy the PS3 physical CE which may not be an option for some people,

How is this not fair?

The digital upgrade is cheaper because it doesn't include the physical items. Key word "digital." If you want the physical items, of course you have to buy the full collector's edition. This applies to everyone, regardless of situation.

or buy both the PC physical CE and the Digital CE account upgrade in order to get all the CE items.

This part is wrong. You don't need to buy the physical CE AND the digital upgrade. Where did you get this idea?

-edit- I see what ppl are talking about now.

... Why can't the bonus items just be their own code? (...)

[Yrusama]

How are you screwed? All you have to do is upgrade to the CE and you get the CE bonus items.

If you already own the 1.0 collector's edition, you don't even need to do that.

As for the per order items, you only get those by pre ordering. If you already own and don't choose to pre order anything, you don't get the pre order bonuses because you didn't pre order. I would agree it sucks but it is at least clearly spelled out.

The problem is if we (e.g., I) order the PC CE and can't cancel it. We'll get a bunch of neat stuff, but none of the digital content. This is assuming we don't have the 1.0 CE registered. Some people think 1.0 players wanting to upgrade to CE will have to pay an extra fee, but if we already spent $70+ on the ARR CE we should be given all of the bonuses.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

How is this not fair?

The point is that if you already have an existing standard edition account, and you purchase a full PC collector's edition, you can't access the digital items that are included in the purchase of the CE. You essentially have to pay twice in order to receive the digital items.

[Yrusama]

That's fine if you only want the digital items, but if you want the physical items as well and you have a standard edition account, you're forced to either buy the PS3 physical CE which may not be an option for some people, or buy both the PC physical CE and the Digital CE account upgrade in order to get all the CE items.

This. I want all the things, and it should not have been that hard for them to allow this. They should separate the bonus codes from the game service code.

[Duuude007]

Correct seems that we're screwed.

False.

If you preorder ps3 CE, it can be applied to an existing PC account, AND you get all the goodies, plus PS3 access.

If you want it, cancel your PC preorder, and preorder the PS3 version instead.

Case.
Closed.

[Yrusama]

False.

If you preorder ps3 CE, it can be applied to an existing PC account, AND you get all the goodies, plus PS3 access.

If you want it, cancel your PC preorder, and preorder the PS3 version instead.

Case.
Closed.

Not quite. What about the people who did all of the following:

-Registered Standard Edition of 1.0
-Pre-ordered the PC Collector's Edition of ARR
-Don't regularly check the forums about this sort of thing

The fact of the matter is there was no clear warning anywhere on the ad page or the purchase page, and only after they try to register it will they realize they aren't getting everything advertised. Failure to place warnings on things causes people to unsheathe their lawyers, not that I personally will do so.

[JillyBean]

It really shouldn't have happened like this, but I'm glad we found out as quickly as we did.

Today I dusted off my PS3, plugged it into my router, updated it and made my very first PSN account! Even set up Netflix and Amazon Video on it and moved the Roku to the living room!

I cancelled my previously placed pre-order with SE/Digital River for the PC CE and happily ordered my PS3 CE from Amazon.

My only "regret" in all this is that I won't have a physical copy of the PC edition. PS3 will only be a "back up" for me, I don't expect to use it much, hopefully not much at all.

What sucks is for the people who don't happen to have a PS3 laying around. Because for them you can't just say "pre-order the PS3 CE". Not going to do them a lot of good. This definitely should have been done differently.

[Yrusama]

It really shouldn't have happened like this, but I'm glad we found out as quickly as we did.

Today I dusted off my PS3, plugged it into my router, updated it and made my very first PSN account! Even set up Netflix and Amazon Video on it and moved the Roku to the living room!

I cancelled my previously placed pre-order with SE/Digital River for the PC CE and happily ordered my PS3 CE from Amazon.

My only "regret" in all this is that I won't have a physical copy of the PC edition. PS3 will only be a "back up" for me, I don't expect to use it much, hopefully not much at all.

What sucks is for the people who don't happen to have a PS3 laying around. Because for them you can't just say "pre-order the PS3 CE". Not going to do them a lot of good. This definitely should have been done differently.

I'm not taking any actions until I call SE tomorrow asking them about my registration code. I understand why we can't, but it would be nice if we could just look up the registration code right on the SE Account Management page. That way I could cross-reference it with my CE or Standard.