FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Purchase Questions

[Dario]

Well now I'm confused. I have a PS3 and I have a 1.0 CE Legacy account.
I preordered PS3's standard edition.
As long as I link it to my PC account I'll be able to use the pre-order code without problems:

The problem would only arise were I not to link my account to the PS3 version.

Correct?

Yeah that seems correct.
There was a dev response that answered that.

Let's say I pre-order the standard PS3 version, if I want to take the pre-order bonus code and apply it to my collector's edition account from FFXIV 1.0, do I need a PS3 to do so?

Yes. The pre-order bonus code included with the PS3 version must be used through the PlayStation Store, which requires a PS3.

[Valandil]

Not sure if this is full complaint worthy, and it is certainly not an inquiry, but definitely an opinion.

I think it is absurd that 1.0 players who wish to invest in the Collector's Edition of 2.0 will be unable to upgrade their account with such a package. Being that we are perhaps your most devoted fan, I don't think it is unreasonable that purchasing the full collector's edition, with the physical items included, would allow us to make the transition from 1.0 to 2.0. The notion that "the registration code for the Windows collector's edition cannot be used with a pre-existing Windows service account," that is, the accounts of players who have supported FFXIV through its overhaul, is utterly ridiculous.

What I propose is a combination of the digital upgrade and the collector's edition: allow 1.0 players to upgrade digitally and purchase the physical items as well. As is, we can purchase the following: the Windows CE, which gives us physical CE items with no in-game upgrade; the digital upgrade, which gives us the in-game upgrade but no physical items; and the PS3 CE, which gives us physical items and a digital upgrade, but we may not own PS3s or wish to play on them, especially after possibly investing in superior PCs to play FFXIV on in the first place. Hopefully this post hasn't been too confusing.

In short, there should be a package which includes all of the Collector's Edition items (both in-game and IRL) and the upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0 for 1.0 players.

[Rizon]

SE has bent over backwards to recognize the players who purchased Ver1.0 with benefits available in ARR. I applaud them for that. Not many companies would go to lengths that they did following a failed release. Having said that i appears that they made 1 major mistake that is causing heartburn among the populace. They did not make arraignments to allow players with existing accounts to purchase the physical CE for windows and link it to their existing account. Instead they must also buy the Digital Upgrade and an additional cost to them. This pretty much negates the benefit of the free client download that they were to receive. SE has 3 months to rectify this error and I strongly suggest that they do so before the good will that they have built up with the player base dissipates and bad word of mouth permeates the gaming community.

[Rizon]

I guess I will add to the confusion factor. I am a Ver 1.0 owner so according to Yoshida I will get a 2 week "Welcome Back" period. I also ordered the PS3 CE which has a free 30 day trial period in it. So if I wait til the end of the 2 week "Welcome Back" and then register my PS3 version and link it to my current account do I get an additional 30 day free trial period added on for a total of about 7 weeks of free play time?

[Shidomido]

Hi, I'm waiting for the physical version Collector's Edition in the Store EU ( https://store.eu.square-enix.com/emea_europe/ ) . You can make sure that when they are added to the physical versions will also include pre-order codes?

[AlaulaTheGreat]

Atleast for myself, I found a plan of action to get my physical items, get my CE, and get a friend to play. Right now I am legacy SE, I buy the 69.99 CE for windows, all I want is the physical items in the CE. So I sell my friend my Collector edition registration for 29.99 (The same price he would have paid for the standard edition.) And then I upgrade my account to collector edition status. Now here is my assumption, the pre-order registration code is a separate entity from the actual game so I just pocket the pre-order registration code as well.

So if I'm right, I get the CE physical items for 39.99 (Minus the 29.99 I sell the actual game registration/disc to my friend.), I get the CE game for a 19.99 upgrade, and I get the pre-order bonus as well. I win out by paying 10 bucks less for the CE. I hope at the very least.

I will be screwed however if the pre-order code is attached to the game registration itself. However I never actually seen that happen, its usually a "Well here is your pre-order code in this handy email" kind of thing.

[Mjollnir]

Today I dusted off my PS3, plugged it into my router, updated it and made my very first PSN account! Even set up Netflix and Amazon Video on it and moved the Roku to the living room!

I cancelled my previously placed pre-order with SE/Digital River for the PC CE and happily ordered my PS3 CE from Amazon.

My only "regret" in all this is that I won't have a physical copy of the PC edition. PS3 will only be a "back up" for me, I don't expect to use it much, hopefully not much at all.

What sucks is for the people who don't happen to have a PS3 laying around. Because for them you can't just say "pre-order the PS3 CE". Not going to do them a lot of good. This definitely should have been done differently.

Glad it worked out for you!

I just think it's a shame that you can't be a totally new player with a partner with one PS3 and one PC, buy one copy of each format of the CEs and both be able to play on both systems (one of you could play on both, but the other would be restricted to PC). It just seems weird that the PS3 version is restricted in this way.

At the very least, I'd suggest that the option be available for accounts registered for PC play to have a reduced-rate 'unlock code' for PS3 play (like £5 or so). Probably never gonna happen though.

Anyhow, if anyone who knows me feels their best option is to get the PS3 version, but don't have the PS3 to register a PSN account, etc. I don't mind helping out and doing that for you. I'm having one friend make use of my PS3 in that fashion already.

[JillyBean]

I guess I will add to the confusion factor. I am a Ver 1.0 owner so according to Yoshida I will get a 2 week "Welcome Back" period. I also ordered the PS3 CE which has a free 30 day trial period in it. So if I wait til the end of the 2 week "Welcome Back" and then register my PS3 version and link it to my current account do I get an additional 30 day free trial period added on for a total of about 7 weeks of free play time?

I *think* 30 day free trials are on new accounts only. So if you link your PS3 to your existing 1.0 char account (which is what I am doing also, for all the reasons as discussed in these threads) you would not get those 30 days free.

As someone said before.... idc about getting stuff free, I just wann play already! !

[Gloulion]

There were distinct registration codes for both the standard and collector's edition in Version 1.0. There's no need to worry about trying to confirm it. It's well documented in the Square Enix account system.

I have a cancelled service account that had used the 1.0 CE code which I still have. I had created a new character with a new service account since using a month trial code that came with my 1.0 CE (still under the same account, just new service account). I read somewhere that we will be able to input our 1.0 CE reg code to receive the 2.0 items. Since I used the code already, can I use it again to get the items for the new character I created in 1.0?

[Hestern_Nestern]

Is anyone else getting an error when trying to purchase any of the items for A Realm Reborn? At present, I am attempting a purchase of the standard edition of the PS3 game as well as the CE edition of the PC, with plans to later upgrade my current account to CE status (when this option becomes available). I am hoping that, if I visit a friend who has a PS3 and make a proper PSN account, then use the PS3 code for that, that it won't matter that I actually don't own that PS3 and am only making a PSN account to use this code.

Anyway, the point being that whenever I attempt the purchase, I get an error message which says:

ERROR:

Your data was not saved. Please try again later. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Error Number: SYS_000006