[Zyrusticae]

Man, really, I don't see any good reason to NOT play on the JP servers, between all the English-speaking players congregating on Ship 2/Block 20 and the unofficial English patch making it trivial to navigate the game's interface (and the story being largely tangential to the whole experience of, y'know, playing the game), PLUS the inevitability of the English server having a huge and obvious lag time behind the JP server's updates.

[BIG OLAF]

Originally Posted by Mitz

Personally disagree wholeheartedly. Some people may enjoy Japanese culture and social structure better but I find their tenancies hard to get used to and would rather just play on a hassle-free English server.

Mmm....that's not what I was talking about. I don't give a flying rat shit about JP culture or social structure. I was referring to the piss-poor support the US/EU PSU servers (both PC/PS2 and XB360) received compared to the JP PSU servers. What makes you think PSO2 won't get the same treatment? I highly doubt any sort of EN PSO2 will get half the care that JP PSO2 gets.

If you want to play PSO2 and enjoy it to the fullest extent, go JP. Calling it now. You don't have to believe me, but hey, it'll be your loss in the long run.

[DayDreamer]

If you want to play on the EN servers go nuts, if you want to play on the JP servers, feel free to do so.

Sorry that I randomly jumped in that but I dont want there to be a fight in which leads to a Mod having to calm it down or lock the topic.

Anyway I personally will be on the EN servers if pso2 ever comes to the west. The JP servers will always get more "support" and will always receive updates before us but the language barrier is what keeps me back. Not with the game itself but with the community, because im sure alot of people on psow will be on the EN servers instead of the JP ones.

[Kion]

I don't think the issue is 'will PSO2 come to NA or not'? It's one of Sega's larger titles and generally I think SoA is already working on a translation. What I'm more concerned about is once it get's released in NA in America; are they still going to provide the same horrible service to foreigners that we've come to expect from them?

[Rock Eastwood]

@ R00ta: Forget it, brah *soft jesus voice*

Originally Posted by Kion

I don't think the issue is 'will PSO2 come to NA or not'? It's one of Sega's larger titles and generally I think SoA is already working on a translation. What I'm more concerned about is once it get's released in NA in America; are they still going to provide the same horrible service to foreigners that we've come to expect from them?

Unless we really have that "global support" meaning we'd be on the JP servers so we'd basically get the same rate of updates and defense against hackers...

I'd expect to be treated like shit, yeah.

But I'd still play on both versions anyway.

[Chik'Tikka]

Originally Posted by youcantcatchtheblue

seriously... has NO ONE at SEGA's head offices played PSO2?? They are seriously crazy for not bringing this to the west and give it good marketing... the MMO market is much bigger outside of Japan so it really does not make any sense to make a Japanese only MMO... They HAVE to be bringing it to the west... but WHERE the hell is their marketing?!? Seriously SEGA, get it together please, I don't want to see you go bankrupt

The game isn't even finished Beta testing!!!! , and even after that, an MMO costs a good deal more money to keep up and maintain then even the flashiest shooter+^_^+ it makes perfect sense that as a company, they would do what any major international company would do and release the "product" in a localized test market to see how well it does+^_^+ it would be a very big gamble to manufacturer and release a worldwide "product" only to have it flop, it's a lot cheaper to only code and release a local version and have it flop then release a worldwide version and see it flop, SEGA is just playing it safe, like every company these days are doing in a trying economy+^_^+ if you really want to see a western release, then do everything you can to support that localized version, play the JP one, convince friends to play the JP one, if enough people want it, they'll sell it+^_^+ I for one wouldn't mind global servers, I had no connection issues (except when the servers fried) with JP and I'm in the Midwest+^_^+
EDIT: calm down OLAF and r00tabaga, I'd hate to have to find a fire extinguisher+^_^+

[bradsta6508]

I'm just fine with a JP only release.