Amazon Germany offering pre-pay cards for FFXIV

[supreme]

so they are offering the cards but dint see any official news or anything
did they release to soon by mistake ? was it pland news for E3 ?
did i miss something completely


http://www.amazon.de/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Reborn-Pre-Paid/dp/B00D1NMOOS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1370184329&sr=8-5&keywords=B00CSWA8K0+%7C+B00CSWBQHY+%7C+B00CZ5VEGC+%7C+B00CZ5VEJY+%7C+B00D1NMOOS

[Zenaku]

so they are offering the cards but dint see any official news or anything
did they release to soon by mistake ? was it pland news for E3 ?
did i miss something completely


http://www.amazon.de/Final-Fantasy-X...%7C+B00D1NMOOS

They said a while back that they going to release time cards i think a lot of people buy time card vs using there CC. I think the most are kids due to there parents not wanting to use there CC. So this is a great move on SE part to bring in more younger fans into the final fantasy world.

[Airget]

They said a while back that they going to release time cards i think a lot of people buy time card vs using there CC. I think the most are kids due to there parents not wanting to use there CC. So this is a great move on SE part to bring in more younger fans into the final fantasy world.

The sad thing is, it's less about people not wanting to use credit cards, but the fact that people who had used credit cards would dispute the charges of XI subscription.

I believe this was a big issue in XI where they lost revenue because people who used credit cards would then challenge the cost and get their money back, and there wasn't much SE could do about it.

So now with online gaming that does use fees, they are placing more concrete forms of payment which can't be disputed and using more "secure" forms of credit card payments so people can't turn around and say, "oh no I never paid for this service"

[supreme]

i knew they talkd about it , but dint know that it was officially announced as a fact

and yeah its a good thing for the game

[Zenaku]

i knew they talkd about it , but dint know that it was officially announced as a fact

and yeah its a good thing for the game

Also got to remember Amazon love jumping the gun they already have PS4 and Xbox One up

[prymortal]

Austrailia EB Games has had them advertised & for sale since SE started taking Pre Orders

[Abriael]

It's on the official french Square Enix boutique, so yes, it's a thing.

We'll have to see if it'll be a thing in NA too, as Australia is considered Europe for some weird corporate reasons, so for now it's a thing only for Europe.

[Catapult]

Australia is considered Europe for some weird corporate reasons.

Back in the early days when everyone played on CRT TVs, Australian sets ran 60Hz much like Europe. The US and Japan ran 50Hz. Zoning was established for physical manufacturing reasons and the rest is history.

[ArkhamNative]

Back in the early days when everyone played on CRT TVs, Australian sets ran 60Hz much like Europe. The US and Japan ran 50Hz. Zoning was established for physical manufacturing reasons and the rest is history.

Backwards, but yeah, sounds logical. (Europe, Australia = 50 Hz PAL or SECAM. US, Japan = 60 Hz NTSC.)

[Catapult]

Backwards, but yeah, sounds logical. (Europe, Australia = 50 Hz PAL or SECAM. US, Japan = 60 Hz NTSC.)

Ah, yeah, whoops. I did get that backwards, didn't I?
Just goes to show how irrelevant the distinction is these days.