Limited Copies Reserved only for Europe. Reasoning?

[Faelandaea]

I am confused as to why SE took something with limited copies, but made it so that only one region can get them. NA does not even get to pre-order CE until half a day after EU . . . and when the sales go live over here, there will already be so few copies left I am certain I will not be able to get one.

That is . . . well . . . if our store works. i hear EU is having one hell of a headache right now with a buggy launch in their store (something about baskets being empty after the customers add them). That has me on edge also.

EDIT: Okay so I did not consider the physical copies being regional, due to the game disk being included as well. I thought the entire world was drawing from the same pool of product and that was what had me frustrated. Gods I hope they work out their bugs before our sales go live. I am setting my alarm to wake up in the middle of my "night" for this preorder.

[Atreides]

The EU store is not buggy it's down for good there is a constant maintenance and we didn't even have a chance to buy it yet.

[Synestr]

As far as I know, the copies are regional. So you should have a chance at a NA copy, unless you need a EU copy due to your initial registration being with a EU code, since you play on a EU server?

On a side note, America is NOT hated by the rest of the world, and I am sorry to hear you feel that way. Stuff like that should be kept out of the forums. It can only get toxic.

[Ulathskullsplitter]

Since I'm at work I have a feeling I won't be getting a physical CE either. But I'm thinking maybe that's a blessing. I planned to get it but an extra $50 for a tiny little 3 inch tall plastic dragon and some fancy cardboard packaging? I don't think Yoshis hands are very big and that thing was smaller than his hand in the live letter. I'm still debating wether to get it but I won't be disappointed if I dont.

[Mirakumi]

On their Facebook Page:
To all EU players attempting to pre-order Heavensward:

The EU SQUARE ENIX Store and the French SQUARE ENIX BOUTIQUE are currently experiencing technical difficulties but rest assured, the issue is being investigated and addressed.

New updates will follow as additional information becomes available. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

[Faelandaea]

As far as I know, the copies are regional. So you should have a chance at a NA copy, unless you need a EU copy due to your initial registration being with a EU code, since you play on a EU server?

I cannot even remember how I got my code initially. I think I am using an NA code come to think of it. But, I had to face-palm at myself because I thought the SALES were regional. So the physical copies are different somehow? Is it the PAL vs. NTSC (did I even get that right?) stuff that console players have to deal with? And I think PC players have to deal with this as well on some older machines, though we can get drives that can read both regions. I am unsure if they have stuff like that for console players also. I just re-looked at their list of goodies in CE and i guess there indeed IS a disk included with the game on it. I thought physical CE was just eye candy and we'd have to download the game via the client like I did when i originally bought the game.

And you are right - I edited my post and took out the "people hate america" remark because politics belong on blogs, not gaming forums. Just frustration and watching WAY too much CNN pried in there.

But wow . . . that Facebook update . . . not a good outlook for our launch either. If I lived in the EU I'd be furious right now. Especially for those who wanted to reserve their copy before work/school/war/etc.

[Fyce]

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Nothing like the old "PAL/NTSC" hardware restriction.
In that case, it's just that the licences codes for every version is region-locked. In short terms, you can't use a EU version with a NA/JA account and every other combination.

Also, currently, every SE store from NA and EU are down. Nobody can pre-order anything.

Edit: My bad, NA is up but no preorder available. Only EU is down.

[Mirakumi]

Also, currently, every SE store from NA and EU are down. Nobody can pre-order anything.

NA shouldn't be able to pre-order until 12:00 PDT from what I heard.

NA store is up just doesn't show Preorder stuff

[Synestr]

Yea, it's been a pain for friends of mine here. I play on NA servers though so I am in the boat of waiting, that they have seemed to been placed on as well. All in due time I suppose.

Kinda makes you wonder what measures they exact to prepare for such things....

[Fyce]

NA shouldn't be able to pre-order until 12:00 PDT from what I heard.

NA store is up just doesn't show Preorder stuff

Oh, that's right. I clicked the wrong link on Google.
My bad.