PS3 -> PS4 conversion of Heavensward only

[whiskeybravo]

I have to side with Niwashi on this one. For every upgrade from PS3 -> PS4 SE probably has to pay Sony a fee while PC licences are essentially free for them to create.

I understand from a consumer point of view that you have purchased a particular product, you've paid X amount per month for Y amount of time, and in some regard deserve a form of compensation (using the term loosely) since the platform you use the product on will no longer be supported.

Logically, however, this is close to the same as "I bought the original Final Fantasy on NES. Since NES is no longer a supported console, I'd like a free copy from the Apple store so I can continue to play it".

In all reality, people were told a year ago when HW came out that the ps3 would not be supported for next xpac, so it's not like they just sprang this on the community with no heads up.

[Yurimi]

I understand from a consumer point of view that you have purchased a particular product, you've paid X amount per month for Y amount of time, and in some regard deserve a form of compensation (using the term loosely) since the platform you use the product on will no longer be supported.

Logically, however, this is close to the same as "I bought the original Final Fantasy on NES. Since NES is no longer a supported console, I'd like a free copy from the Apple store so I can continue to play it".

In all reality, people were told a year ago when HW came out that the ps3 would not be supported for next xpac, so it's not like they just sprang this on the community with no heads up.

They are already giving free copies away for the change over and in this case it is likely costing them money to do so in order to retain customers. In your example it would cost them money to give you that code to the apple store as it is a third party provider the same way that they are currently offering people to get the PS4 version. What Niwashi is asking for is instead of going through a 3rd party which likely costs SE money, is for the option to cut out the middle man and have SE save money through an alternative that is free for them to offer and allowing people to get off the restricted platform if they choose to do so, thereby saving SE money and themselves the issue of having to change consoles every time this happens in the future (because the PS4 wont be the only outdated console if this runs 10+ years before it declines like XI did). It is much easier and cheaper after all to replace a couple parts of a computer and stay above the minimum requirements (or with some file tweaks playing even below them decently and saving even more money).

[whiskeybravo]

What Niwashi is asking for is instead of going through a 3rd party which likely costs SE money, is for the option to cut out the middle man and have SE save money through an alternative that is free for them to offer.

What alternative is that, exactly? There may not be a "free" alternative. Or maybe upgrading to PS4 is that "free" alternative for SE?

I mean, what you're saying make sense. It wouldn't be physically difficult for them to hand out a registration code for a different platform and let you download the PC version from their server, but there may be other reasons they are obligated to do this in such a way, or maybe from a business point-of-view they just really don't care if you play or not. I doubt it's the latter, though.