Server Population: Home region only or International?

[D-Inferno]

In PSO DC(and I think Gamecube, correct me on this one), servers were shared between Western, Eastern, and European players. In the US, it was even one of the selling points of the game(that one ad).

However, starting with I think Blue Burst(might have been Xbox), servers became restricted to your nation only(though I don't know if US and Europe shared servers). All Phantasy Star Universe series games were the same. Phantasy Star Zero however had shared servers, although PSZ wasn't a very big game.

Do you think servers should be shared? I think that they should generally be shared, but perhaps there should also be a "Home region only" server alongside an "International" server. That way, those who do not like playing with players from a different region can just play on the home region server.

[Malachite]

I believe that they should all be shared, the way the DC/GCN were. It's also quite likely that PSO2 will be shared in some sense, but no confirmation yet, unless I've missed something.

[Seth Astra]

Shared servers. Plus, as many have pointed out, that might mean Europe and the Americas might bet to be on par with Japan in terms of updates.

[RemiusTA]

Yeah, shared. Communication Barriers can be undone with some simple universal chat macros.

[BIG OLAF]

I'm sure PSO2 will have one massive global server, since it's going to be on the PC. SEGA would just be giving themselves more work (and less customers) if they separated the servers.

[ARASHIKAGE]

Absolutely shared, multiple servers in regional sections though.
Would this also mean word select would make a comeback? Are there any new innovative ways to communicate or translate languages, for players now days?

[THLPSC]

Absolutely shared, multiple servers in regional sections though.
Would this also mean word select would make a comeback? Are there any new innovative ways to communicate or translate languages, for players now days?

Not like they had "world select" in any of there recent titles /sarcasm

[moorebounce]

I'm sure one of Sega's points to making it PC only was to have everybody on one server like the other before me have said. I actually enjoyed playing with players from different countries on the DC version.

[ARASHIKAGE]

Not like they had "world select" in any of there recent titles /sarcasm

I haven't played the PSP one, is there a word select?
The "comeback" I'm referring to is PSO, which is what this game is supposed to be based on.

[blace]

I haven't played the PSP one, is there a word select?

Sure there is, just needs you to get 2 games of the same name. /sarcasm