release date?

[Shinji Kazuya]

Not true. PSO and PSU were released in NA merely 1 and 2 months apart from the JP releases respectively. Do your homework.

Must be an old fashion because right now a lot of games take months to get localized . And that's when it doesn't take a year or more.

[Jinketsu]

According to this The only version of PSO that was released within a month of each other was the Dreamcast version. All other versions were several months apart from each other.

I did my homework.

[Wiz10011]

Is the developers located in japan and if so where at?

[Nir]

開催をお知らせしておりましたイベント・キャンペーンにつきましては、下記のとおり中止または延期等の対応 をさせて頂くことと致しました。

各イベント・キャンペーンを心待ちにしていた皆様には誠に申し訳ございませんが、何卒ご理解いただきますよ うお願い申し上げます。

Release for PSO2 Alpha now unknow and not more Juni

[ThEoRy]

According to this The only version of PSO that was released within a month of each other was the Dreamcast version. All other versions were several months apart from each other.

I did my homework.

Then you are just not very good at your homework. The only game on that pso release list that falls outside of the just a couple of months release window is blue burst. Also where is PSU on that list? You are not being very thorough.

[BIG OLAF]

Is the developers located in japan and if so where at?

Tokyo, Japan.

[ThEoRy]

Must be fun to be naive. While what you say is true, let's look at more recent titles:

Phantasy Star Portable JP release: 07/31/08
Phantasy Star Portable US release: 03/03/09

Phantasy Star Zero JP release: 12/25/08
Phantasy Star Zero US release: 11/10/09

Phantasy Star Portable 2 JP release: 12/03/09
Phantasy Star Portable 2 US release: 09/14/10

Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity JP release: 02/24/11
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity US release: TBA

So, following current (not from 2001 or 2006) trends, I'd have to say that you should:

Apples to oranges. You cant compare online console game releases to hand held ones. Different market. Console releases have more globalized servers so they have to get the game released globally in a shorter span of time. The only console release that remotely supports your argument is AOTI. And even then its just an add on download not a full retail release.

[BIG OLAF]

Apples to oranges. You cant compare online console game releases to hand held ones. Different market. Console releases have more globalized servers so they have to get the game released globally in a shorter span of time. The only console release that remotely supports your argument is AOTI. And even then its just an add on download not a full retail release.

Phantasy Star games are Phantasy Star games. That's the way Sega sees it, I guarantee it.

[ThEoRy]

And historically, Sega has globally released major online Phantasy Star games within a mere couple of months of each other. Who really cares when anyway? We're all gonna buy it regardless.

[jayster]

Going to agree with Theory here. You can't make an accurate comparison between handheld games and console games, especially when your argument is based solely on handhelds.