SE, do not punish 1.0 players who want to buy the physical CE

[Nuinn]

Now I'm confused even more + scared. Putting back my credit card into my pocket till the wording on all of this is officially made precise in a simple(r) way @___@

[Kule]

Now I'm confused even more + scared. Putting back my credit card into my pocket till the wording on all of this is officially made precise in a simple(r) way @___@

I really hope we get an official response and they clear it up. Right now i'm in sh*t creek with a useless PC collectors copy I can't cancel and they expect me to pay more for items I should already have access to?

[Zenaku]

Now I'm confused even more + scared. Putting back my credit card into my pocket till the wording on all of this is officially made precise in a simple(r) way @___@

Here you go

You will receive the pre-order items, but the registration code for the Windows collector's edition cannot be used with a pre-existing Windows service account. To receive the in game items for the collector's edition, please use the digital upgrade.

However, the PS3 version can be registered to an existing Windows account, which would allow you to receive the collector's edition items.

Square Enix accounts can hold up to 8 separate service accounts, so there's no need to create a separate one. As long as you create a separate service account, you should be fine with just one Square Enix account.

If you buy the PS3 collector's edition, you'll be able to receive the collector's edition items granted you register the PS3 version to your legacy account. However, if you purchase the Windows collector's edition, it cannot be registered to your account, as your legacy account is considered a pre-existing Windows account.

Legacy status accounts are still treated the same as standard edition accounts in FFXIV:ARR, so If you have no interest in the physical items that come with the collector's edition, and have no intentions of playing on the PS3, using the digital upgrade will allow you to receive the collector's edition items with your current account.

So pretty much if you have a none CE account and you buying the PC account to get the items ingame you have to pay 19.99 for the digital upgrade due to the fact that the PC code for the items is also a FFXIV account code. So the only way to get everything is buying the PS3 account because you can put that code under your PC version and get the ingame items.

This is what the OP is talking about.