Phantasy Star Universe officially confirmed MMORPG

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There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.

www.the-magicbox.com

Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
support up to 65 players simultaneously.

- UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
Xbox.

 

[Jordan]

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shootemup wrote:
> interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy Star
> Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG component
(PSV?)
> unlike any of the PSO games.

I liked the offline in PSO, but the thing of it was you had to go
through the offline quests and read all the message capsules to get the
story. A lot of people just blew off the messages and had no real idea
what was going on.

- Jordan

 

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interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy Star
Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG component (PSV?)
unlike any of the PSO games.

"Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
news:1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
> Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
> PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
>
> www.the-magicbox.com
>
> Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
> PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
> support up to 65 players simultaneously.
>
> - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
> launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
> Xbox.
>

 

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"shootemup" <shootemups11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
> news:1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
> > Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
> > PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
> >
> > www.the-magicbox.com
> >
> > Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
> > PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
> > support up to 65 players simultaneously.
> >
> > - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
> > launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
> > Xbox.
> >
>
>
> interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy Star
> Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG component
(PSV?)
> unlike any of the PSO games.
>

Ok, although I'm very interested in this game, isn't sega dooming itself to
fail by releasing this type of game right at the very end of this
generation??.

Now getting a beast like this as a launch or close-to-launch for the next
gen could be fantastic for them...... but then again, we are talking about
sega......

Wurm

 

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Wurm wrote:
> "shootemup" <shootemups11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:muSdnQZ83OrJaqPfRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> >
> > "Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
> > news:1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of
game
> > > Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a
sequel to
> > > PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
> > >
> > > www.the-magicbox.com
> > >
> > > Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be
coming to
> > > PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game
will
> > > support up to 65 players simultaneously.
> > >
> > > - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is
scheduled to
> > > launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2
and
> > > Xbox.
> > >
> >
> >
> > interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy
Star
> > Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG
component
> (PSV?)
> > unlike any of the PSO games.
> >
>
> Ok, although I'm very interested in this game, isn't sega dooming
itself to
> fail by releasing this type of game right at the very end of this
> generation??.
>
> Now getting a beast like this as a launch or close-to-launch for the
next
> gen could be fantastic for them...... but then again, we are talking
about
> sega......
>
> Wurm

well.. atleast the PS3 is backwards compatible. Also, they're probably
going to do the same thing as FFXI and make it cross-platform with PC.
Dunno about the XBOX version though.

 

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"Wurm" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:d1mum2$6am$1@dns3.cae.ca...
>
> "shootemup" <shootemups11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:muSdnQZ83OrJaqPfRVn-uw@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
>> news:1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
>> > Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
>> > PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
>> >
>> > www.the-magicbox.com
>> >
>> > Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
>> > PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
>> > support up to 65 players simultaneously.
>> >
>> > - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
>> > launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
>> > Xbox.
>> >
>>
>>
>> interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy Star
>> Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG component
> (PSV?)
>> unlike any of the PSO games.
>>
>
> Ok, although I'm very interested in this game, isn't sega dooming itself
> to
> fail by releasing this type of game right at the very end of this
> generation??.
>
> Now getting a beast like this as a launch or close-to-launch for the next
> gen could be fantastic for them...... but then again, we are talking about
> sega......
>
> Wurm
>
>

I don't know about anyone else but I never buy a console at release I always
wait 2 or 3 years for the price to drop. The PSP may be an exception to
that rule though. My point being that I will continue to play and buy games
for my PS2.

 

[Jordan]

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Sean Scott wrote:

> I don't know about anyone else but I never buy a console at release I
always
> wait 2 or 3 years for the price to drop. The PSP may be an exception
to
> that rule though. My point being that I will continue to play and
buy games
> for my PS2.

I agree if there's a lack of compelling titles (PS2), but when there's
a killer ap I jump as soon as possible (Halo, Eternal Darkness, Wipeout
Pure).

Still I'm glad I have a PS2 for when God of War comes out. Looks like
the first truly next gen PS2 game.

- Jordan

 

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Jordan <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote:
>shootemup wrote:
>> interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy Star
>> Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG component
>(PSV?)
>> unlike any of the PSO games.
>
>I liked the offline in PSO, but the thing of it was you had to go
>through the offline quests and read all the message capsules to get the
>story. A lot of people just blew off the messages and had no real idea
>what was going on.

I read all the PSO messages and was reasonably satisfied with the
story.

--
"Well, of course I would never use a preposition to finish a sentence up
with, because it might be difficult to make sense out of, and after all,
what would I want to use a preposition to finish a sentence that you cannot
make any sense out of up with for?" - Robert Lodge, Bulwer-Lytton entry.

 

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"Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
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>
> Wurm wrote:
>> "shootemup" <shootemups11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:muSdnQZ83OrJaqPfRVn-uw@comcast.com...
>> >
>> > "Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
>> > news:1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > > There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of
> game
>> > > Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a
> sequel to
>> > > PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
>> > >
>> > > www.the-magicbox.com
>> > >
>> > > Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be
> coming to
>> > > PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game
> will
>> > > support up to 65 players simultaneously.
>> > >
>> > > - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is
> scheduled to
>> > > launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2
> and
>> > > Xbox.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > interesting, thanks for posting this info. I'm hoping Phantasy
> Star
>> > Universe contains a strong story, and a strong offline RPG
> component
>> (PSV?)
>> > unlike any of the PSO games.
>> >
>>
>> Ok, although I'm very interested in this game, isn't sega dooming
> itself to
>> fail by releasing this type of game right at the very end of this
>> generation??.
>>
>> Now getting a beast like this as a launch or close-to-launch for the
> next
>> gen could be fantastic for them...... but then again, we are talking
> about
>> sega......
>>
>> Wurm
>
> well.. atleast the PS3 is backwards compatible. Also, they're probably
> going to do the same thing as FFXI and make it cross-platform with PC.
> Dunno about the XBOX version though.
>

PC and PS2 for sure. No go on the Xbox. Stupid infrastructure.

 

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"Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message news:<1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>...
> There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
> Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
> PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
>
> www.the-magicbox.com
>
> Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
> PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
> support up to 65 players simultaneously.
>
> - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
> launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
> Xbox.

Bel.. where the hell are you when a new legit Sega topic is posted ^_^

 

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"Eiji Hayashi" <linm@mcmaster.ca> wrote in message news:<1111410423.590803.56990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>...
> There has been a large amount of speculation as to what kind of game
> Phantasy Star Universe is from a single player PS game to a sequel to
> PSO to a MMORPG. Atleast that question is now answered.
>
> www.the-magicbox.com
>
> Sega confirmed that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Universe will be coming to
> PlayStation 2 and PC in Japan sometimes this winter. The game will
> support up to 65 players simultaneously.
>
> - UNCONFIRMED: EGM reported that Phantasy Star Universe is scheduled to
> launch in US on November 20, the game will be heading to both PS2 and
> Xbox.

Here's the EGM interview with Yuji Naka which might clear up some
questions. I don't see the "unconfirmed" information that magicbox was
talking about though.. unless it's a different article.

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3138974

 

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"Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message news:<_vidnYAQOsqFW9_fRVn-rQ@comcast.com>...
> > This is also assuming that MS and Sega could come to some revenue
> > sharing model, whereby MS gets more because they're sustaining the
> > cost of running the servers. MS might decide to take a loss just to
> > put out content, but Sega isn't likely to.
>
> I understand what you are saying but how do you explain Blizzard's fee free
> MMORPG's? I would venture a guess to say that their multiplayer titles have
> been some of the most successful in the industry.

huh? World of Warcraft is free? wasn't aware of that. Unless you're
talking about Diablo, which isn't a MMORPG