No Physical Copies of Shadowbringers PC for NA?

[Yasminou]

There is no physical version for NA. Also, it is not the right subforum, this is for localization issues, as translations in the game. Here is a link to Amazon UK for the PC/DVD version. Beware the included code will be useless for you as I guess your account is NA while the code will be EU.

[Joven]

There is no physical version for NA. Also, it is not the right subforum, this is for localization issues, as translations in the game. Here is a link to Amazon UK for the PC/DVD version. Beware the included code will be useless for you as I guess your account is NA while the code will be EU.

Thanks for the info. I just figured this was a localization problem because it's a disparity between regions i.e. why is one region getting a physical release while the other isn't?

That really sucks. What made them decide that? So that means that if I order the EU version then I can't activate it?

Man, SE, I love this game, but not enough to buy it twice. Why you gotta do me this way?

[Rongway]

Thanks for the info. I just figured this was a localization problem because it's a disparity between regions i.e. why is one region getting a physical release while the other isn't?

That really sucks. What made them decide that? So that means that if I order the EU version then I can't activate it?

Man, SE, I love this game, but not enough to buy it twice. Why you gotta do me this way?

As much as some of us love having something to collect, it's probably not enough to justify the production costs of a physical version. Especially when you don't actually need anything to play the expansion except for the 20-some digit code. The game will have to be updated online at first and subsequent runs, so any software on the disc will be obsolete before it even gets installed, and we don't package games with comprehensive instruction manuals anymore, with all the info online. For people who really want something to collect, they make CEs that are all about the fancy extras that we can put on our shelves.

[Joven]

As much as some of us love having something to collect, it's probably not enough to justify the production costs of a physical version. Especially when you don't actually need anything to play the expansion except for the 20-some digit code. The game will have to be updated online at first and subsequent runs, so any software on the disc will be obsolete before it even gets installed, and we don't package games with comprehensive instruction manuals anymore, with all the info online. For people who really want something to collect, they make CEs that are all about the fancy extras that we can put on our shelves.

Then why did they have a physical release for A Realm Reborn, Heavensward and Stormblood in NA? It doesn't make any sense why they would suddenly not have a non CE disc copy and only in one region at that. It's all fine an dandy to say it's due to costs, but that doesn't alter the fact that they have that option available on the EU market, so if cost was a factor then it should be digital across the board.