Quote Originally Posted by Estellios View Post
I think what was essentially 2 copies of the game in one package was a reward enough. The buddy pass was a fully-featured game code so anyone using it in 1.0 is still using it now and possibly has legacy bonuses and other stuff.
It is - I gave my old 'buddy pass' from my 1.0 CE to my brother at ARR's launch and it was accepted for him on the Mogstation like a new ARR code. So it's basically just a second serial code for the game (you're meant to use your copy of the game to install the client on their computer - the buddy pass code voucher specifically states this), although for ARR you can just use the 1.0 player ARR client download link instead.