In a series of tweets following the Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV event, the Japanese Final Fantasy XV twitter account mentioned that the downloads of the FFXV: Platinum Demo were so great that they were considering upping the number of Ultimate Editions available to attempt to meet fan demand. You’ll have to translate the tweets embedded below but you’ll definitely get the idea.
こんにちは、田畑です。
UNCOVERED FFXVをご覧いたいた皆さん、本当に感謝です。
会場も最高に盛り上がりましたが、日本ではロングTVCMとあわせて更に
盛り上がったと聞いています。また、プラチナデモも多数ダウンロード
いただき、本当にありがとうございました！（続）— FINAL FANTASY XV (@FFXVJP) April 4, 2016
ところで、ULTIMATE COLLECTERS EDITIONの予約が瞬殺してしまい、 入手できないという声を多数いただいています。 大変申し訳ございません。 現在、どうにかして増産できないかと社内調整を続けております。進展あり次第告知させていただきます！（続） — FINAL FANTASY XV (@FFXVJP) April 4, 2016
また、転売目的と思われる不自然な注文については、規約に則り厳正に対処する予定であることをお伝えいたします。
引き続き、FFXVをよろしくお願い致します！
田畑（終）— FINAL FANTASY XV (@FFXVJP) April 4, 2016
In a nutshell, Director Hajime Tabata thanks fans for watching the big event and notes that the Platinum Demo has been extremely well receieved. He goes on to mention the many complaints that Square Enix received from fans who could not get their hands on the upcoming Final Fantasy XV Ultimate Edition. The pre-orders that were available disappeared in an instant so the company is looking at how they can increase the production of the premium edition.
Tabata-san also addresses the fact that Square Enix fully intends to look at how many pre-orders are now thought to be up for resale which is against the terms of service for the original purchase. Should they truly be able to do that then a few more editions might pop back up for sale. In the long run, despite the high cost of the Ultimate Edition, it looks like fans don’t care and no matter how many manage to be released, will be eaten up in a hurry.