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Phantasy Star Online 2 Will Release On Windows 10 PC May 27th

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited May 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imagePhantasy Star Online 2 Will Release On Windows 10 PC May 27th

This morning SEGA finally announced the long-awaited release date of Phantasy Star Online 2 for PC. The popular MMO will be hitting the platform later this month, May 27th.

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  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    Had a blast playing on Xbox but the PC version is what I have been waiting for.
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  • achesomaachesoma Member RarePosts: 1,768
    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.
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  • ChildoftheShadowsChildoftheShadows Member EpicPosts: 2,193
    achesoma said:
    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.
    Not at all. The age of the product has nothing to do with what the OS requirement is if that is what they were shooting for when they converted it over. The question only becomes, "Why target Windows 10?" which can be answered because they wanted xbox crossplay. It's an xbox services game by design which requires Windows 10.
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  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584

    razor247 said:

    It's so dated it laughable.



    its not like there is many options
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  • PortzPortz Member UncommonPosts: 118
    ESO Greymoor releases on 26th by the way, of course completely different fan bases eso vs anime style but it will have some effect.
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  • LustsLusts Member RarePosts: 205
    Going to stick to the JP version mainly cause of their terrible release scheme. Kind of screwed anyone who wanted to play on the PC version with console exclusive founder packs and beta rewards. All of which from what I've been told are tradeable. This gives console players an economic advantage over PC players. On top of console players getting first claim at character / ID names. Not saying I want to be entitled to those same rewards, but they should've done something for the PC community as well. I don't support platform exclusivity schemes.
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  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    GG4LIFE said:

    Lusts said:

    Going to stick to the JP version mainly cause of their terrible release scheme. Kind of screwed anyone who wanted to play on the PC version with console exclusive founder packs and beta rewards. All of which from what I've been told are tradeable. This gives console players an economic advantage over PC players. On top of console players getting first claim at character / ID names. Not saying I want to be entitled to those same rewards, but they should've done something for the PC community as well. I don't support platform exclusivity schemes.




    Yet we wouldn't have the game if Xbox and Phil Spencer didn't go make a deal to finally bring it to the west.

    "This gives console players an economic advantage over PC players."

    This goes for any mmorpg if someone joins late. All those people have a economic advantage over new players. Silly complaint. I can still play on the same account so it doesn't really matter unless you don't have a Xbox or chose to wait.

    I started a character in beta which they let us keep but I'm waiting for PC before really diving in.
    I agree with that. Plus the Xbox exclusive stuff that you get for being in the beta's etc. weren't anything more than cosmetic for the most part. 

    I think the only real reason someone would want to stay with the JP version would have to do with.. well.. one being their progress, and the other being that the JP version still has content the US version hasn't gotten yet and may not get for a while. 

    I think I heard they just got a new update this week too? I don't really follow the JP version at all, but it popped up on my feed, something about a new release of some type. I guess if you're really into the game and need all the new stuff right away, that would be a good reason to stay on the JP version. 



  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,050
    Fuck yeah!

    That gives me 24 hours to finish Greymoor  B)

    /Cheers,
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  • GladDogGladDog Member RarePosts: 1,097
    edited May 2020
    achesoma said:
    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.

    You mean instead of Win7, an OS that MS quit supporting 5 months ago?  Or instead of Win8, an OS that SUCKED when they released it, and really has never gotten much better?

    Actually its because porting between XboX One and Win10 is a lot easier than older OS's, since XboX One and Win10 were designed to be compatible.  I think it was smart not to port to an OS (Win7) that will soon be a hackers paradise.
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  • PortzPortz Member UncommonPosts: 118
    By the way if you're from EU, microtransactions are region blocked and the only way is to buy a gift card and then you would need an North American address. However, if you don't plan on buying anything, you can play as you like by changing your country to America or Canada and then downloading it through the Microsoft Store.
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,386
    Sooo HAPPY!!!
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  • vegetableoilvegetableoil Member RarePosts: 768
    I'll test it shrug.
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,386
    Portz said:
    By the way if you're from EU, microtransactions are region blocked and the only way is to buy a gift card and then you would need an North American address. However, if you don't plan on buying anything, you can play as you like by changing your country to America or Canada and then downloading it through the Microsoft Store.
    Buying includes the subscription or can I pay for that through Sega website directly.
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  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,600
    GladDog said:
    achesoma said:
    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.

    ...snip... I think it was smart not to port to an OS (Win7) that will soon be a hackers paradise.
    Funniest thing I have read all week!

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  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680

    Portz said:

    ESO Greymoor releases on 26th by the way, of course completely different fan bases eso vs anime style but it will have some effect.



    One is f2p the other is an expansion. So no issue with choice at all here. And PS02 is only launching in the MS store not Steam or GOG. So for me i will wait for it to launch on the other platforms if it does. If not no big lose for me.
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  • ErevusErevus Member UncommonPosts: 135
    The fact that despite the tons of Asian crap MMORPGs that we've been feeding the past years,
    now we'll be served and an expired one, leaves me speechless.

    What TF have we become to......... my God !!!
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  • GladDogGladDog Member RarePosts: 1,097
    Asm0deus said:
    GladDog said:
    achesoma said:
    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.

    ...snip... I think it was smart not to port to an OS (Win7) that will soon be a hackers paradise.
    Funniest thing I have read all week!

    Ahh I knew someone was going to say that.

    Windows 7 was built on the same engine or kernel or whatever as XP.  So XP has enjoyed a free ride with patches and updates.  If a Win 7 patch didn't blow up XP, they released it for XP.  And most did not blow it up.

    Win 10 is an entirely new engine compared to 7.  Win 10 patches for the most part won't work on Win 7.  So every time a vulnerability is found in Windows, it will get fixed in Win 10.  That same vulnerability in Win 7 most likely won't, since only 10% or so of Win 10 patches will work in Win 7.  

    So after a while, a lot of Antivirus companies will also quit supporting Win 7, since they are going to get an inordinate amount of blame for all of the break-ins that will happen in machines that still run Win 7.  

    I work in IT.  But, I am not a wizard or guru by any stretch of the imagination.  However, I work with several wizards and gurus that make about 10 times as much money as I do.  And they were the ones that explained to us last year why our company of 300,000 had to switch to Win 10 ASAP.  And, that upgrade was not free.
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  • jtckline3jtckline3 Member UncommonPosts: 60
    edited May 2020
    Lusts said:
    Going to stick to the JP version mainly cause of their terrible release scheme. Kind of screwed anyone who wanted to play on the PC version with console exclusive founder packs and beta rewards. All of which from what I've been told are tradeable. This gives console players an economic advantage over PC players. On top of console players getting first claim at character / ID names. Not saying I want to be entitled to those same rewards, but they should've done something for the PC community as well. I don't support platform exclusivity schemes.
    Totally agree. Theres always an advantage when starting early in mmo, in which you can never catchup (login gifts, event gifts etc).

    Almost everyone have a PC compare to having an Xbox..launching it on Xbox first was a bad idea from the start. No serious mmo players will game on a console...

    So unless you are a casual who dont really care, there's really no point playing the PC port when Xbox players have mths of progress ahead of you.
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  • jazneojazneo Member UncommonPosts: 52
    edited May 2020
    Microsoft help get it over to USA. Reason in window 10 store

    ChildoftheShadows said:


    achesoma said:

    Kind of weird that an 8 year old game requires Windows 10.


    Not at all. The age of the product has nothing to do with what the OS requirement is if that is what they were shooting for when they converted it over. The question only becomes, "Why target Windows 10?" which can be answered because they wanted xbox crossplay. It's an xbox services game by design which requires Windows 10.



    Microsoft help Sega get to western release
  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
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  • DragnelusDragnelus Member EpicPosts: 3,503
    No idea what to expext from this game  :disappointed:

    Holy trinity, dungeons, raids and pvp?

  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    edited May 2020
    Dragnelus said:
    No idea what to expext from this game  :disappointed:

    Holy trinity, dungeons, raids and pvp?
    Don't give up yet.  Some players have found true love in Phantasy Star 2 Online.

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  • PortzPortz Member UncommonPosts: 118

    cheyane said:


    Portz said:

    By the way if you're from EU, microtransactions are region blocked and the only way is to buy a gift card and then you would need an North American address. However, if you don't plan on buying anything, you can play as you like by changing your country to America or Canada and then downloading it through the Microsoft Store.


    Buying includes the subscription or can I pay for that through Sega website directly.



    I think you pay through Microsoft store.
  • cyriciancyrician Member UncommonPosts: 189
    The game is locked behind MS purchasing IP lock so you might aswell stay on the Japanese servers from anywhere but the U.S.

    You can't buy packs or AC on your MS account.

    Current games;
    Star treck online
    Rift
    Eve online
    Firefall

  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    cyrician said:
    The game is locked behind MS purchasing IP lock so you might aswell stay on the Japanese servers from anywhere but the U.S.

    You can't buy packs or AC on your MS account.
    Crap! Cannot play then.

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