Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
Eventually, I'm guessing it was no longer valid, so they added it into the game... this was a few years later. [...] Until a contract is up, they CANNOT legally allow the same sort of thing to be done elsewhere.
Well, good thing we already know this promotion won't last for years, what with the stipulation that you have to use your codes before some time in May. The stipulation that they can't legally allow the same sort of thing elsewhere also, I believe, depends on the type of contract they've signed. And since they can limit the codes in this promotion to JP accounts only, making the same items available in other regions and block those from being used/activated on JP accounts should (theoretically) be okay, since they wouldn't be encroaching on the customers served by the promotion offer.
And even should they have entered an agreement where they cannot for legal reasons offer the same items through other means (to players not eligible for the promotion), it doesn't mean they wouldn't be able to announce prior to said contract's expiration date that they will make it available through [means] shortly after that date. Say, for example, that they make an official announcement in April to the point of "[items] will be made available through Mogstation in July". It'd appease players not eligible for the promotion and actually give them something to "please look forward to", while still keeping the items exclusive while the promotion lasts (and a little while after that, too, if I've read things right).