• PSU Community Team & Developers Not Part of Sega West Cuts

    According to a post made on the official PSU boards, the Sega staffers involved with running Phantasy Star Universe were not part of the recent Sega West cuts. Here's the scoop, courtesy of GM Edward:

    "To answer your questions, all of the staff you know through our blogs, forums, and PSU -- our Community team, in short -- are still here. So are the people who work on PSU, here and in SEGA Japan. And seeing as PSU very much falls under the category of a digital, social game, it's fair to say that this is a positive thing for our MMO future.

    I will say that today was a difficult day -- this is a business and re-organization is both vital and necessary, but there is a personal side to this as well, and on that front, today I had to say goodbye to a lot of bright and talented people I consider both friends and excellent colleagues. Business can be rough sometimes.

    But, I think it means good things for PSU, especially in the long run. This is an important game, both in terms of connecting SEGA's past to its present, and because it represents -- still -- a unique experience on the Xbox 360 and a special MMO title. There's still a lot of opportunity here, both now and for the future."

    This is great news for the Phantasy Star community and hopefully, GM Edward's optimism about the long term effects will hold true. Thanks to S-T-H for the tip.

    Comments 4 Comments
    1. Seth Astra's Avatar
      Seth Astra -
      Eh, I find it ironic that they comment on the possibility for the future of PSU, when they've already shut down the PC/PS2 servers. That doesn't seem fair to me, since now PC/PS2 players are missing out.
    1. ZIE creations's Avatar
      ZIE creations -
      Get an xbox, what truely is the point of having multiple servers anyways? The only thing it did was spread out the players so the game seemed less populated.
    1. gratefulgriz's Avatar
      gratefulgriz -
      the PC/PS2 really was a great time. A lot of players were there from day one. We look forward to another PS experience. I hope there are some new PS adventures for PC players in the future. We had and have a great community all consoles for PS!!
    1. Tekknight's Avatar
      Tekknight -
      He's referring to PSU on Xbox. He's saying it is a special MMO.
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