Final Fantasy XIV And Grubhub’s Pizza-Eating Emote Has Caused Quite A Stir
Final Fantasy XIV players are grumbling about not receiving the promised pizza-eating emote from Square Enix’ promotional partner, online food delivery service Grubhub.
The exclusive emote was supposed to be given to players who ordered from the online platform using a given promo code during the promo period. What the ad failed to mention was that they were only giving away a limited number of emotes on a first come, first served basis. To add to the confusion, a support representative reportedly told a complaining customer that they will only be awarding the emote to qualified users who were randomly chosen by an automated system.
The whole mess has resulted in a mob of angry players and started a lucrative reselling market with the pizza-eating emote going for as much as $500 online. Meanwhile, those who were lucky enough to be chosen won’t be getting the emote for another two weeks at most.
As of December 20, 2021, there have been several confirmed sales of the Pizza emote on Ebay for around $200:
