• 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. Fontes's Avatar
      Fontes - Apr 5, 2013, 09:50 PM
      ... which has no online. I'd rather wait for MH4.
    1. Onimaru's Avatar
      Onimaru - Apr 6, 2013, 01:40 PM
      SEGA seems to have something against money and success. Or maybe just Americans. If they don't get it into gear the Phantasy Star series will end up like MH and live the remainder of it's existence in the purgatory known as Nintendo, forever doomed to never know it's true potential as if it were to be on PC or a decent console that could fully support it.
      Anywho, I just hope it doesn't have PSU's crazy strict chat filter when it finally does come out.
    1. Nilkemios's Avatar
      Nilkemios - Apr 7, 2013, 04:13 PM
      So, nothing has changed after. More vague answers, more "maybe later".
    1. Macman's Avatar
      Macman - Apr 7, 2013, 07:59 PM
      There's already a crazy strict chat filter in the JP version, so don't get your hopes up.
    1. Rekku's Avatar
      Rekku - Apr 8, 2013, 08:20 PM
      Wow... I really like what you just said, but June seems way too early. I'm betting on October at the very earliest, more likely 2014 or never. /trying to be pessimistic so I'm not disappointed more than I already am
    1. Cagedtaytay's Avatar
      Cagedtaytay - Apr 9, 2013, 06:39 AM
      I would be ok with this.
    1. Soda's Avatar
      Soda - Apr 10, 2013, 09:20 AM
      Sega would... Always lagging on crap I swear.
    1. Powder Keg's Avatar
      Powder Keg - Apr 11, 2013, 02:10 PM
      Same story with this company. I would love for another developer or company to pick up this franchise.
    1. blazingsonic's Avatar
      blazingsonic - Apr 11, 2013, 05:05 PM
      *Logs on* Hey news about PSO2 for the US! *Reads about delay* No surprises here.....*Goes back to Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate*
    1. Noxia's Avatar
      Noxia - Apr 14, 2013, 05:41 AM
      And it took lots of efforts to make them speak few words...
      Seriously... what are they thinking ???
    1. blazingsonic's Avatar
      blazingsonic - Apr 14, 2013, 09:42 AM
      They were thinking? Sega needs to have someone else do the localizing, Nintendo Capcom, someone actually cares about the Western customer base.
    1. Electabuzzkill's Avatar
      Electabuzzkill - Apr 15, 2013, 04:36 PM
      I would never get it anyway unless they featured a character cross over (hahaha that isn't gonna happen). I've spent too much effort in the Japanese servers to restart.
    1. Electabuzzkill's Avatar
      Electabuzzkill - Apr 15, 2013, 04:37 PM
      Agreed. NA Sega doesn't give a shit.
    1. Fontes's Avatar
      Fontes - Apr 15, 2013, 07:50 PM
      ... what makes you think Capcom does? *ba-dum tshhhh*
    1. Ranmaru's Avatar
      Ranmaru - Apr 16, 2013, 03:32 PM
      I actually got it and realized it and tried cancelling. Let's just say I got it anyways.
      Sad on the delay but oh well. I expect nothing happening, but I will gladly welcome a release whenever it happens.
    1. RappysReaper's Avatar
      RappysReaper - Apr 16, 2013, 06:55 PM
      Why does Sega JP care! I mean even though you have to pay for some items its F2P and the majority of people aren't spending money just to get an edge on other players.. In my eyes JP would be getting more money if they just allowed western players in. I mean if worse comes to worse i'll just wait untill an official english patch comes out and i can play anyway.
    1. NER0's Avatar
      NER0 - Apr 19, 2013, 03:30 PM
      Looks like PSO is dead in the West
    1. Cagedtaytay's Avatar
      Cagedtaytay - Apr 19, 2013, 04:16 PM
      Of course there wont be a character cross over, you're not even supposed to be on JP servers accroding to their ToS, so why would they waste time making something like that for us?
    1. Benj38's Avatar
      Benj38 - Apr 19, 2013, 04:51 PM
      Yeah whoever made that game still don't get it, I've been playing the patched version for weeks and this looks way too much like PSU. Plus all that paying content just make me sick, it's like half of the (interesting) features needs to be paid for with real money. Please give us a full game we pay for but don't give us a free half-game.
      PSO is now clearly dead, maybe for the best, so the legend born from DC to GC remain unspoilt...
      More and more talented directors are now leaving video game industry, the end of an era for me. Too bad!
    1. Rekku's Avatar
      Rekku - Apr 19, 2013, 09:15 PM
      You have some gall to say that because a Japanese game (which is very popular in its native country) doesn't get localized in your country, the whole franchise is dead? It's always been this way; not all Japanese games come to America/Europe and not all American/European games come to Japan. Doesn't mean they aren't making enough money that they need help from the dwindling worldwide fanbase.
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