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Regarding the EU absence from the announcement, it's probably to do with the 'lootbox' Arks Cash Scratch system. There's a lot of legislation in Europe at the moment specifically targeting lootboxes so PSO2 might be affected by it.
If they can get past those hurdles, I'm more than willing to pick up the western version and at least show support for future Phantasy Star games in the west.
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