• PSO2 Western Release Delayed - Officially Confirmed by SEGA

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    Tomeeboy
    Published on Mar 26, 2013 12:10 PM
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    The Western release of Phantasy Star Online 2, previously announced in July of last year, has been confirmed by SEGA to be officially delayed. Originally slated for an "early 2013" release in North America, PSO2 failed to make an appearance at this year's event at PAX East and there have been no official updates on its release until now.


    "We don't have any specifics, but will update everyone as soon as there are more details to share," said a SEGA representative when asked about the delay.


    The Japanese release of PSO2 continues to perform well, with the game recently launching on the Playstation Vita platform. As of February, there had reportedly been over 1.7 million player IDs registered for the service.



    We will attempt to get further information on this delay and will post more details as they become available. In the meantime, be sure to check the PSO2 forums for the latest buzz and discussions surrounding Phantasy Star Online 2!

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    1. Sid's Avatar
      Sid - May 20, 2013, 11:43 PM
      What IF the third sega/nintendo game be pso2?!?
    1. Tonkatsu's Avatar
      Tonkatsu - May 23, 2013, 12:54 PM
      Episode 2 is being released for the jp servers this summer. Can this mean some sort of NA release to follow?
    1. striker0's Avatar
      striker0 - May 24, 2013, 01:16 AM
      Who knows really.
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:33 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:34 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:36 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:37 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:38 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. dknbeats's Avatar
      dknbeats - May 25, 2013, 04:38 AM
      What would be a wise option for Sega in regards to pso2 is to release it for Xbox one. It would be successful like it was on Xbox with pso online episodes 1 n 2 :$
    1. Cagedtaytay's Avatar
      Cagedtaytay - May 25, 2013, 12:07 PM
      No, it wouldnt. Because Microsoft would hold up the updates for it like PSU. PC doesnt require having its patches reviewed, they can just be put out.
      And thanks for spamming the same damn question. -_-
    1. Cagedtaytay's Avatar
      Cagedtaytay - May 25, 2013, 12:07 PM
      No, it wouldnt. Because Microsoft would hold up the updates for it like PSU. PC doesnt require having its patches reviewed, they can just be put out.
      And thanks for spamming the same damn question. -_-
    1. Joe 101's Avatar
      Joe 101 - May 28, 2013, 06:59 PM
      how come this is all the info pso2 has??? pso2 bumped.org has more info about pso2
    1. Macman's Avatar
      Macman - May 28, 2013, 09:03 PM
      Because bumped.org is talking about the JP version of PSO2.
    1. VVBlastFuryVV's Avatar
      VVBlastFuryVV - May 28, 2013, 09:34 PM
      Dang it SEGA...
      Oh well, from what I've seen they haven't really said anything about the English Release for months.
    1. TepidT's Avatar
      TepidT - Jun 3, 2013, 04:46 PM
      Come on Sega at least tell us something I have been checking almost everyday for month. Are we even going to get the game this year.
    1. Tonkatsu's Avatar
      Tonkatsu - Jun 6, 2013, 05:06 AM

      Clearly, no one knows what's going on, but since this is a forum for conjecture... I appreciate insight. I enjoy the JP version but at the end of the day there are a lot of things I just want in English. Buying AC credits is a bit of a pain and AIDA and her translators took some liberties with the game text (if you haven't already noticed- particularly with NPC autotext) which changes the context of the game. That is really why SoJ considers the patch a hack, not because we're speaking English which is such a widely shared misconception. Finally, I think having servers based out of NA will help with a) the patch download speed and b) [more] normal maintenance times. </br>
      I read a couple of articles talking about 'next' next gen console & games and in one of them Sony was specifically demonstrating "Panopticon" for an 'ambitious' new rendering software, but also included advertisements of PSO2. Granted, catching up to the JP version, translating and redoing the voice acting is a lot of work; I have a feeling the North American release has a lot more to do with Sony's timeline than it does with SEGA's. I'm not even sure if it is centered around the game coming to PS4, necessarily, but you know that having the Vita release involves Sony so regardless they're going to have more on their plate than SEGA does this year. This is conveniently poor timing for PSO fans in the West. However, I'm anxiously awaiting news from SoA @ E3 like everyone else. I'll be keeping in tune with forums and this thread for good news!</br>
      "The games in the advert are Phantasy Star Online 2, Soul Sacrifice, Toukiden, Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, and God Eater 2, but the final title is left unspecified."
      </br>
      http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/16/sony-reveals-new-game-panopticon-but-is-it-for-ps4-or-ps-vita-3763451/</br>
      I'm just curious what anyone thinks about that.</br>
    1. helel8012's Avatar
      helel8012 - Jun 12, 2013, 06:01 AM
      Honestly, idc at this point. I'm not going to complain. I have the vita version which doesn't have any translation/patch for english and I learned to deal with it. Me being a die hard pso phan, drives me to appreciate that this game even being in existance at all makes me happy as a clam. If I were still waiting for it's release before ordering the jp version, I'd end up missing out on something really good. This is the one game card that stays in my vita at all times and by far, it is money well spent.
    1. Sef's Avatar
      Sef - Jun 14, 2013, 06:10 PM
      Lol.
      No news is good news, right?
    1. koinukasuka's Avatar
      koinukasuka - Jun 17, 2013, 09:10 AM
      I played PSO on the gamecube up till the point they shut down the servers and then played Blue Burst on PC for ages after it shut down on Schtack server, and I Loved PSU put about 1000+ hours on it compared to my 2000+ on PSO, and PSO2 Isn't gonna be any different got about 70ish hours on the japanese one and i LOVE it its awesome
    1. koinukasuka's Avatar
      koinukasuka - Jun 17, 2013, 09:14 AM
      They made it annoyingly impossible for outsiders to buy things in game unless you go through that asia cash nonsense (lol I forget what its called) which costs like 4 times as much as using a normal credit card I'm glad i was able to grab a character slot before they locked us out of their system

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