About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[Taruna-Aeon]

Gametop promotion: Sweden
I still think the Nordics had the worst deal. Sure, having to buy something for 20£ isn't too bad. However, while well at the local store, it surfaced that they'd been instructed only to give out the codes to those who buy SE products for at least 20£... ended up buying a game I'm not even sure I want to play for 60£ because of this bullshit.

I can second this. I got my codes finally, but when I called them they said it had to be a "Square Enix Product" for at least 199 SEK. This was not listed in the promotion.

[Theodric]

I only watched the Live Letter and it was in Japanese so I may have missed it but...am I right in assuming that this wasn't brought up at all during the event?

[Combination-NC]

I can second this. I got my codes finally, but when I called them they said it had to be a "Square Enix Product" for at least 199 SEK. This was not listed in the promotion.

The wording of the promotion is so misleading. They do not even HAVE any Square Enix products for as little as 199 SEK! The only eligible ones I could find cost almost three times as much!

[Wuthow]

The wording of the promotion is so misleading. They do not even HAVE any Square Enix products for as little as 199 SEK! The only eligible ones I could find cost almost three times as much!

The wording goes:

Make a qualifying purchase of at least €19.99 (or 199 kr) at local GameStop stores in Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden to receive a promotional code.

And yes, I had to grab Deus Ex because they didn't have anything cheap... I don't know, I think Deus Ex is a FPS game... which is the only genre of games I don't play ._.

[Combination-NC]

The wording goes:

And yes, I had to grab Deus Ex because they didn't have anything cheap... I don't know, I think Deus Ex is a FPS game... which is the only genre of games I don't play ._.

Well, the thing is, there is no qualifying purchase for 199 SEK here. The ones counting as qualifying purchases here was 499 SEK at the lowest.

[Pomelo]

I only watched the Live Letter and it was in Japanese so I may have missed it but...am I right in assuming that this wasn't brought up at all during the event?

Seems correct!

[Taruna-Aeon]

Well, the thing is, there is no qualifying purchase for 199 SEK here. The ones counting as qualifying purchases here was 499 SEK at the lowest.

Yes, exactly this. ^ I had to get something for around 450 SEK minimum cause there was nothing else available for lower.

[Wuthow]

Well, the thing is, there is no qualifying purchase for 199 SEK here. The ones counting as qualifying purchases here was 499 SEK at the lowest.

Yeah, was the same for me... (as I've said before in this thread, had to buy Deus Ex for 60£... and I don't play FPS games \o/ The last FPS game I played was CS 1.5 almost 16 years ago... I do not enjoy them, it's the only gaming genre I don't play except Facebook games (if that could count as a genre)).

[drakenabarion]

I really want Games Master issue 306 code but it was completely sold out here (in Ireland) and no longer availabel for back issue. They seem to have printed far fewer copies for that issue.

Luckily for me I could get the items form Gamestop with the new offer.

Unlike the information page on the website, the requirement is to buy from a limited list of SE games. And I had all of those games apart from Star Ocean 5. Which I wanted anyway but I'd have gotten steam vouchers.

And this seems again underhanded. Yes yes "Qualifying Purchase of minimal 19.99 Euro". I wanted a voucher for my partner also...

Which is why now I have to persue getting crumby 306 and 308 of that magazine that I no longer want to read anymore.

I would buy it in the past. not exclusively every single month, but every other month. And now I am considering not doing that anymore.

And it leaves me question FFXIV policies too. This is the first time for a promotional code, but it was handled so very badly.

[Niwashi]

I'm even more confused at the fact the store sells nothing related to Square Enix or Final Fantasy? Why can't we just buy FF merchandise and get the promotional codes that way?

Remember, the original Japanese promotion was buying drinks from 7-11, no SE or FF tie-in there. This isn't about promoting Final Fantasy. It's about using Final Fantasy to promote other businesses. (I find the Gamestop one more confusing than Hanabee's in this regard. Why would they specify that it be only SE or Final Fantasy products?)