PSU, PSZ, and Ruby at the Toronto Fan Expo 2009!

[RubyEclipse]

Posting this over here at PSOW as well. :) From the official boards:

Hey everyone,

Great news for those of you who live a little bit north of the US - we're going to your area this time! I recently got word that I'll be flying up to Toronto, Canada, next week for the 2009 Fan Expo to promote some of our upcoming games - Bayonetta, Phantasy Star Zero, and Sands of Destruction! If you're interested in seeing what PSZ is all about, it will be in English at the show and fully playable for people who visit!

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For PSU fans specifically, we'll be hosting some special Phantasy Star Trivia, the winner of which will be going home with a rare Phantasy Star figurine as a prize for their dedication. Also, anyone who cosplays PSU or any of the PS games will score an inflatable rappy! You'll have to find me at the show to get the goods, so I'll be posting times next week when I'll be chilling at the SEGA booth to meet everyone.

I've posted all the details here on the official blog:

http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2009/08/19/were-going-to-canada-see-you-at-the-toronto-fan-expo-2009/

Check it out for all the details and feel free to ask here if you have any questions. Swing by the SEGA booth during a Meet and Greet and be sure to say hello - we can chat Phantasy Star, Updates, SEGA in general or even favorite kinds of pie. (Apple, remember.) Hope to see you there!

Note: Props to anyone who does anything like these guys, who we saw at San Diego!

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For details on the Convention:
http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo/
http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo/index.php?/gaming/


Any PSOW members going to be there?

[Volcompat321]

Nothing ever happens in Florida with this stuff, does it? :(

[RubyEclipse]

Nothing ever happens in Florida with this stuff, does it? :(
Your best bet would be NYCC, I think - or if there are any big gaming conventions in Florida, let me know ahead of time and I'll see what I can do. :)

[Volcompat321]

I really don't know anything about gaming conventions, or even where to get information about them. lol.
I could tell you where to ship a rappy inflatable thing though! :D MY HOUSE! lol
Orlando has convention centers, I do know that...and that's only about 45 minutes away from my house.
If you ever go to Orlando, I'll show up!

Hey it's Lock!


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[Fox2Tails]

You think you've got it bad, try me end :/

[Powder Keg]

The 2nd pic is Lock, isn't it?

edit: volcom already pointed it out. ^^;

[Volcompat321]

You think you've got it bad, try me end :/
Where you at, UK or other parts of Europe?
It does kinda suck for the EU fanbase more so than the US.
At least is can be a quick drive or flight anywhere in the US. I don't think I'd fly or drive to NYCC or California just to go to something like this, but I'd drive up to a few hours.

[Fox2Tails]

Where you at, UK or other parts of Europe?

Devon, UK


It does kinda suck for the EU fanbase more so than the US.

We didn't even get a day for the EU release of PSUP...

[Volcompat321]

Wow...You guys do have it bad lol.
Has there ever been a major convention anywhere in the UK, where SEGA would show up?

[Fox2Tails]

Wow...You guys do have it bad lol.
Has there ever been a major convention anywhere in the UK, where SEGA would show up?

I still don't even know around Plymouth, I'll have no idea for the rest of the UK lol

But yeah, I sat waiting for something about our release and what happens on the day? StD starts :rant: hows that for caring?

[Volcompat321]

Jeeze...:(
I don't understand something about US/EU games....
If the UK speaks English, why not just make the games EN instead of having two different files.
Like...game saves, they have US saves, JP saves, and EU saves, so why not just make the US/EU ones the same, instead of making a new game(well, not really) and making the release date the same as US for all games?
Just one of those weird things I guess.
I've played some EU games, and it's not like it's made for multiple languages, cause there is no option to change it, with the exception of Monster Hunter, which even comes on the US version.

[unicorn]

I wish something like this happened around New Jersey lol.

[Volcompat321]

At least your a few hours at most away. It would cost me lots to travel.
I swear, Ruby, work some magic and come to Orlando, and I'll be there!

[Chibi_psu]

How about less expos and more working in our dear death game?

[Volcompat321]

How about less expos and more working in our dear death game?

Don't turn this thread into one of these (http://pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168243).
There are plenty of hate threads going on, post comments like that in one of them.

[biggabertha]

Jeeze...:(
I don't understand something about US/EU games....
If the UK speaks English, why not just make the games EN instead of having two different files.
Like...game saves, they have US saves, JP saves, and EU saves, so why not just make the US/EU ones the same, instead of making a new game(well, not really) and making the release date the same as US for all games?
Just one of those weird things I guess.
I've played some EU games, and it's not like it's made for multiple languages, cause there is no option to change it, with the exception of Monster Hunter, which even comes on the US version.

There could be a lot of reasons - red tape is probably the most likely one. We've got testers to go through it, then there's the certification about it and then most likely localisation, a publisher and then the Instruction Manual/box cover to deal with.

But the bottom line's probably: The market for games isn't as big here in the UK/EU as it is in the USA. There's probably a billion people in America now while there's like... 100 million or so in the UK but I've probably got some very erroneous figures there - I just pulled it off of the top of my head. (I know China had 1 billion people around ten or fifteen years ago...) *SHrugs*

[Volcompat321]

Interesting.
I just don't see the difference, though I'm no expert on video games, and why it has to be that way :D

[DuRaL]

EU games run on a different screen format (PAL) than US/JP games (NTSC), and they usually are transalted into 3-5 different languages.. still, that's not really a good excuse for late releases in EU territories =/
being a european gamer very often sucks, believe me.. (where is my BlazBlue!! >_<)

however, if you live in europe, you can at least import american PSP or DS games, as handheld consoles don't have region codes =)

(sry, was a bit off-topic! have fun at your convention! ;P)

EDIT: oh, and by the way, there live about 400 million people in the US, i'm sure UK, france, germany and australia (also uses PAL) together can (almost) top that.
And with videogames becoming more and more popular in europe, i can't see any economic reason for developers/publishers to treat europeans like 2nd class videogames ><

EDIT#2: actually we even pay more for the games in europe, as the euro is much stronger than the US dollar at the moment, while the prices are almost always the same (i.e. a game for $60 sells for 60€ here... i think the monthly fee for PSU also is $9.99 in the US and 9.99€ over here, so we actually pay about.. $13 maybe?)

[Chibi_psu]

Don't turn this thread into one of these (http://pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168243).
There are plenty of hate threads going on, post comments like that in one of them.

Im not turning anything.If you are blind and cant see whats going on its not my problem.I don care about this expos and ps0 marketing...They should promote psu first

[Bomber The Cosmonaut]

Sounds fun. I wish I could go. D:
Any chance you guys can make it to Anime Fest next month in NYC?

[MadDogg]

Im not turning anything.If you are blind and cant see whats going on its not my problem.I don care about this expos and ps0 marketing...They should promote psu first

Take the whining/complaining in that thread he linked to. Let these people talk about the expo.

[RubyEclipse]

Take the whining/complaining in that thread he linked to. Let these people talk about the expo.
Very much agreed; I don't work primarily on PSU anymore, and while I'm still happy to discuss the game, let's keep this topic solely to the expo, please.

Super Luu - you're not far from NY, right? We were at NYCC earlier this year, we actually had someone cosplay Rika from PSIV and swing by. :)

[WHlTEKNIGHT]

You need too
I have been spoken too by edward really badly and his attitude was way out of line, 1st getting warned for complaining about lag, 6 hours later it was comfirmed that its being sorted out. 2nd for asking where desert stronghold was from our gbr (he replied it wasnt even in the jp gbr lololololol) then threatening to ban me.
On topic..... when is this type of thing coming to uk/europe and will you be doing that 2?

[RubyEclipse]

You need too
I have been spoken too by edward really badly and his attitude was way out of line, 1st getting warned for complaining about lag, 6 hours later it was comfirmed that its being sorted out. 2nd for asking where desert stronghold was from our gbr (he replied it wasnt even in the jp gbr lololololol) then threatening to ban me.
On topic..... when is this type of thing coming to uk/europe and will you be doing that 2?

I work at SEGA's American branch, but I'd be down for a trip to Europe. More realistically, though, I think they'd probably just have our UK community team cover anything on that end - I sent them some Phantasy Star swag a while back, and I bet they probably have some more of their own somewhere.

PSZ may be releasing later in the UK, but remember that online play is global and is not region locked. ;)

[Volcompat321]

Ruby, since you don't come to Florida, you should send me some swag.

Friends and I would kill for some PSU swag!

[DreXxiN]

Ugh..another cosplay rewarding event I can't attend.

Will you mail me swag if I just send pics of me in extremely accurate and well done cosplay outfits of in-game clothing? =P

[RubyEclipse]

Ugh..another cosplay rewarding event I can't attend.

Will you mail me swag if I just send pics of me in extremely accurate and well done cosplay outfits of in-game clothing? =P
In-game PSU Clothing, not so much - but any PSO style outfits or recognizable genesis-era PS cosplay would definitely get you hooked up with some swag.

That offer goes out to everyone. :D

[Volcompat321]

So, you're saying if I dress up as a PS dood, and send you pictures of me and my friends nakeddressed up you will send us some PSU swag?
Shweet.

[Finalzone]

Any PSOW members going to be there?

Too bad I live near the Pacific Ocean >_<

[Ryna]

This sounds like it'll be a fun event. Too bad it is so far away from where I live!

[RubyEclipse]

Too bad I live near the Pacific Ocean >_<

That's where I'm at too - maybe next year's San Diego Comic-con then?

I got word that at least a few PSU fans may be dropping by, so I'll post pics as we get them and each day during the show. My flight Friday leaves early in the morning - hoorah for 5AM boarding calls - so that blog might go up just a little later in the evening. :)

[Volcompat321]

Is there a deadline on when people not going have to send you pics, or can we randomly send you some nudespics of our outfits?
I have some friends working on a giant rappy outfit. It might take a while.
We are using an old mascot outfit from a friends work, it's a huge chicken/rooster thing, and we are adding and subtracting stuff.

[RubyEclipse]

No deadline, send them anytime!

Just make sure you have some clothes on.

[Volcompat321]

Hehe of course. Just a little joke! :wink:
Most likely I'll pm you the pics within a week or two.
If you want, you can post em here after, or tell me to.

[RubyEclipse]

The first part of the Fan Expo blogs is up!

http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2009/08/26/ruby-goes-to-canada-part-1-maple-leaves-passports-and-mooses/

Beware the Moose!