why doesnt sega just come out and say theres no west release

[adonis565]

clearly there not going to release it here so just come out and disappoint their phantasy star fans like they always do

[Sizustar]

Or they are still waiting for a buyer for the US release like Taiwan and Sea~

[Shadowth117]

Or they are still waiting for a buyer for the US release like Taiwan and Sea~

Lol, inb4 EA buy. Good game if so.

[Yden]

Lol, inb4 EA buy. Good game if so.

Most MMO companies aren't very good in general. It's really a recurring thing in my history of MMOs that the players always think the company running their game is the worst company out there when most of them are equally bad, although not always in the same ways.

[ShinMaruku]

clearly there not going to release it here so just come out and disappoint their phantasy star fans like they always do

That's leaving money on the table potentially. Therefore even with no plans you shant tell if you do or don't in case the fact that you do. It could also be they have bigger fish to fry and talking about that is not on their table at the moment.

[Daemon Gildas]

Honestly, the answer is probably "Because they don't stand to gain anything if they do". I think it's really crappy to leave fans in the dark, but they clearly don't think the game will do well in the West (which is surprising, given how pervasive the f2p market is right now), and they probably think "If we neither confirm or deny its cancellation, we shouldn't paint ourselves into any worse of a position".

I just wish they would officially launch a fully-translated version of the game's client, and dedicate a single Ship to English-speaking players. Even if the server stayed in Japan to cut costs, it would be a Win-Win situation; the translation is already complete, and we would get content the same time as Japan (versus the nightmare that was PSU).

[Shadowth117]

It could also be they have bigger fish to fry and talking about that is not on their table at the moment.

That's 2 years of bigger fish then. Lets be real here: Sega is a fairly decent sized company. That's not the issue.

[gigawuts]

They don't want to lock themselves into anything.

That's it, really. They aren't moving forward for whatever reason, but don't want to say they never will move forward.

[9898]

you know by releasing the patch they are less inclined than ever to release the game stateside. they are already getting our money and they don't even have to buy more infrastructure that is based in the west. this is a win/win for them. i've been saying this since pso2 began, but the more we are entrenched/financially invested we are in the jp servers the less likely they are to release. you know they are doing financial analytics and know how much they are making off us through proxy services. sega isn't stupid, this is a cost effective move. some people in the community gave sega the game for free, why would they bother localizing (which would cost millions fyi) and buying local servers? yeah, big wonder why they won't release it in the west.

[reptile7383]

They don't want to lock themselves into anything.

That's it, really. They aren't moving forward for whatever reason, but don't want to say they never will move forward.

Which can be accomplished by saying: "We aren't currently planning on releasing it but we may reevaluate our stance in the future".

The real reason: They have no respect for their fans and fear the bad publicity of publicly canceling the game.