Heavensward CE preorders not being released in AUS???

[Arielyanna]

Come on guys (and girls)... the Preorder date was just announced for crying outloud. Give the stockists time to update their systems with info their suppliers give them and wait til the 16th. Just be patient for crying outloud.

[Mayoyama]

Come on guys (and girls)... the Preorder date was just announced for crying outloud. Give the stockists time to update their systems with info their suppliers give them and wait til the 16th. Just be patient for crying outloud.

Fair enough, but AUS/NZ have a long standing history of getting screwed over when it comes to shiny things being released. Quite a few (if not most) of the CE's and limited edition consoles never make it to our stores, so I would just like confirmation from a rep that there is no need for concern, or that it is true that AUS/NZ are not getting CE's (or at least a "we'll look into it")

[Zumi]

Come on guys (and girls)... the Preorder date was just announced for crying outloud. Give the stockists time to update their systems with info their suppliers give them and wait til the 16th. Just be patient for crying outloud.

The thing is most stores have not had any SE CE's since ARR because SE has choose to do them exclusively on their own online store, many calls to stores have came up with they aren't getting the CE. Which leads most people to believe the CE will be SE store only just like the last 5 or so games they have released.

[OMEGA_HACK]

Arielyanna, not to be pessimistic here, but the person I talked to is the person who is in charge of adding those items to the inventory so STORES can start taking reserves on them. Based on my standing friendship and that person's knowledge/foresight on inventory quantities. She would already know by now (less than a week) what amount of CE they would be getting if any so they can begin to plug in the quantities for the stores to reserve from (this process is usually done a week in advance and implemented/updated on the date in which the developer wants it to be reserve-able).

The fact this this person said there was nothing noted, leaves me to believe that it will be a SE Store Exclusive...and that GameStop and their umbrella companies (EB games, Game Crazy, etc etc) will not be receiving this item.

[Arielyanna]

The thing is most stores have not had any SE CE's since ARR because SE has choose to do them exclusively on their own online store, many calls to stores have came up with they aren't getting the CE. Which leads most people to believe the CE will be SE store only just like the last 5 or so games they have released.

Yet the Final Fantasy Type 0 Collector's Edition is being released here... I'm picking my preorder up next Thursday from EB Games. So if that CE is being released (which EB Games hasn't told customers that they aren't getting in), why wouldn't the Heavensward CE be released?

Arielyanna, not to be pessimistic here, but the person I talked to is the person who is in charge of adding those items to the inventory so STORES can start taking reserves on them. Based on my standing friendship and that person's knowledge/foresight on inventory quantities. She would already know by now (less than a week) what amount of CE they would be getting if any so they can begin to plug in the quantities for the stores to reserve from (this process is usually done a week in advance and implemented/updated on the date in which the developer wants it to be reserve-able).

The fact this this person said there was nothing noted, leaves me to believe that it will be a SE Store Exclusive...and that GameStop and their umbrella companies (EB games, Game Crazy, etc etc) will not be receiving this item.

Most companies release info for when preorders can be commenced for products, and that info is released to them at the discretion of the Game Company themselves. Almost everyone in this entire thread has been extremely pessimistic and negative in that because stores aren't taking preorders for Heavensward, that we aren't getting the physical copy. There is no evidence stating that SE is not releasing them. All we have been told is that preorders for Heavensward will be able to commence from the 16th onwards. That's all. Nowhere in the statement released by SE does it say that they will not release the CE in Australia or New Zealand etc.

Once again... instead of jumping the gun and being negative and flame SE... just be patient and wait. There is nothing to confirm or deny that the Heavensward CE will not be coming to Australia. Almost everyone in this thread is going overboard here and giving the stores nor SE time to put the information through so that preorders can commence. Talk about being impatient... sheesh

EDIT : I'm not saying your friend is incorrect or anything either. Just to be patient and wait til the date specified has come and THEN make the judgment call.

[Nestama]

The thing is most stores have not had any SE CE's since ARR because SE has choose to do them exclusively on their own online store, many calls to stores have came up with they aren't getting the CE. Which leads most people to believe the CE will be SE store only just like the last 5 or so games they have released.

Which means that CE's will be exclusive to Japan, the US, Canada (I think) and a random European country (France, Sweden, Germany or something. Even the UK misses out). Though that's if the CE is SE Online Store only.