Final Phantasy Star?

[Gilraen]

While a cool idea... a better one would indeed be Sega getting over their grudge with US players and releasing PSO2 outside of Japan.

[Velveteer]

While a cool idea... a better one would indeed be Sega getting over their grudge with US players and releasing PSO2 outside of Japan.

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

[Gilraen]

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

It's from the bygone days of Dreamcast with the original PSO. In the States it's online component was free. This was not Sega's idea, it was Sega of America's idea. In Japan players had to pay $9 to play online. This, by itself, wasn't appreciated but also wasn't punished (much). No, the straw as it were, was what US players did with their games. Cheat disks were plentiful at the time and many players found ways to alter the game with them. US players, though, took it to levels of low I've not seen since. That is what pissed off Sega. Ever since then US players have been getting the shaft on the series, from higher fees on Ver.2 to releases often a year after the Japanese. Now with PSO2... we don't even have a rough estimate of a release date. Sega's grudge runs deep.

[Velveteer]

Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

Yeah, I know since I've played a couple of chinese mmos where they'd block out Asian players since they hve their own version.
But in the case of PSO2 I thought it was more like what we have where it was accessed worldwide. But I got my answer:

It's from the bygone days of Dreamcast with the original PSO. In the States it's online component was free. This was not Sega's idea, it was Sega of America's idea. In Japan players had to pay $9 to play online. This, by itself, wasn't appreciated but also wasn't punished (much). No, the straw as it were, was what US players did with their games. Cheat disks were plentiful at the time and many players found ways to alter the game with them. US players, though, took it to levels of low I've not seen since. That is what pissed off Sega. Ever since then US players have been getting the shaft on the series, from higher fees on Ver.2 to releases often a year after the Japanese. Now with PSO2... we don't even have a rough estimate of a release date. Sega's grudge runs deep.

Wow... that's really messed up.

[Tupsi]

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

[axemtitanium]

I missed the wave on PSO (never had a Dreamcast) but I understand that it's well-loved by many people. Also never played PSO2 (might if it comes out in English on Vita/PS4). That said, I love a good, dumb collabo. This idea gets my thumbs up.

[Enkidoh]

While the development teams of both games might like a collaboration, until Sega and SE actually agree to this, I'm liable to take this with a grain of salt. Collaborations between different games in a single company is more likely than a crossover between different intellectual properties owned by separate companies.

Still, if something does come of this, I can just hear all the FFVII fans dying inside and whimpering "WHY U NOT DO FFVII CROSSOVER YOSHI?!"

[DarkStaoneDragon]

2.1 should be fun

[DarkStaoneDragon]

I Loved PSO Dreamcast, with my experience with the phantasy star online/universe franchise I honesty hope it don't happen. My wife and I love FFXIV.

[Xieveral]

@DarkStaoneDragon

Its just rumor and wishful thinking at this point.

I know how you feel, I'm still bitter myself at how non-JP players got shafted. But even with the hackers and the shoddy treatment Sega gave NA/EU I have fond memories of PSO/U and I made some of my dearest friends through those games, something Sega can't take away from me.

I wouldn't worry about SE pulling a Sega when it comes to their handling of the game, we all get the same content at the same time regardless of region and though there's much room for improvement they still do it better than Sega.