The thought of PSO2 not releasing in NA/EU

[Masterflower]

What I know will not mostly likely happen is a beta release for US/EU side

[Jade DaBain]

What I know will not mostly likely happen is a beta release for US/EU side

That may happen. I know there was no US beta for Blue Burst, at least that I can remember.

[rezakon]

If they make everyone connect to JPN servers, highly likely on no NA/EU beta.

If they make new servers for NA/EU, highly likely on NA/EU beta.

They certainly wouldn't be doing a beta for anything other then configuring the servers, correcting bandwidth issues and make sure they are up-to par to handle the task. Most other problems could easily be rectified by the testing done by the JPN player-base.

[•Col•]

That may happen. I know there was no US beta for Blue Burst, at least that I can remember.

There was one for Blue Burst.

[RemiusTA]

That may happen. I know there was no US beta for Blue Burst, at least that I can remember.

Yeah, there was one. I participated.

[tehhaxorer]

I think that it is probably a safe bet that it will come out in the US. Some of my reasoning:

-This is a direct sequel to a game that got good reviews, became iconic for its system, sold well, and gathered a large, loyal fan base. It is not a spinoff of a series on a console that is not popular.

-It seems as if part of why US PSU gets less attention compared to JP PSU is because updating console games is not at all as simple as updating PC games. Going thru an intermediate costs resources, and these costs don't exist when you are in control of your own game and distribution.

-The cost of translating and localizing PSO2 for a US/EU release would be far less than the profit they would make selling it here. Why would they exclude a huge player base? It wouldn't make financial sense to spend so much money to develop a game, yet not actually reach major markets.

[Jade DaBain]

There was one for Blue Burst.

Yeah, there was one. I participated.

I see. I didnt know that. I only knew of the Japanese one.

[Anon_Fire]

If PSO2 were to be released on something other than PC, then it would have to be Mac.

[yoshiblue]

I hear not many like or use Mac however. I personally don't and I have used both a laptop and a desktop from Mac. I do feel for them however. They need more games. If I became a gamer designer like I dream to be, I would try to tend to Mac users.

[StriderTuna]

Macs are a vicious cycle as people avoid them as they don't have many games and companies avoid them because they don't have many fans... Most find it easier to avoid the Mac and focus on the PC and perpetuate the cycle.

As far a general popularity, it doesn't help any that macs aren't easily repaired like a PC.