I remember when pspo2 came out stateside, and people were 'holding off' to buy pspo2i when its released in the US instead of buying the latter...I'm honestly not surprised with this turn of events, even if I hope its not final and that people do get an english pspo2i.
When pspo2 US came out, I bought a copy even though I had the JP version, not because of any real need to know the story, but because I thought my purchase would help make sure we get online events if the demand for the game proved to be high enough. Well, obviously sales weren't that good, though considering how the dlc got reworked into missions on UMD disk, they may have never intended to give us online events at all.
SEGA's had a long list of 'fails' for its handling of the Phantasy Star franchise in the west:
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Thanks to that and buying the Japanese version, I'm a little desensitized to how Phantasy Star is handled here. I feel worse for the Valkyria Chronicles fans, a brand new ip, it had good reviews for a ps3 jrpg. I guess its fans can share the pain felt by its previous RPG predecesors, the people that never got the full scenarios of Shining Force 3, or the people that never got Sakura Wars (though NIS America actually brought one over).
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