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Phantasy Star Online 2 launching on Xbox One (NA) today, PC version Launching in "Late May" on Windows Store
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That is for sure probably never possible. But the first and 2nd servers on the JP launch are basically all english peeps as they sorta invaded and used it so much most of the JP players left.
I'll explain it all again and more clearly I hope, because I never even considered people in the equation, on that we apparently agree.
Game's been out for PC for 8 years, is basically ready and a button push away from release, and I don't think there's any more work to do. I think a marketing decision or whatever is holding the PC release, nothing more.
EVEN if there was a bit of work remaining, anything can be done remotely, like most people have been working for the past weeks.
So you say I'm overlooking the welfare of people, no no no : I don't even considered people were still needed.
Again I'm a little baffled to have to type all this and I really hope you understand what I tried to say this time.
Microsoft games can be released day and date on Steam because in that scenario, they make 80% of the cut from an expanded audience.
Why in the world would anyone express that Microsoft - after spending lots of money to help bring the game to the West - would want some exclusivity period on PC to make some money out of the deal?
A Steam release for an F2P game not published by MS would net Microsoft precisely zero dollars.
They get 80% cut from every sale on Steam.
They would get zero USD from this game on Steam.
This is an F2P game, not published by MS. Context matters.
Why in the world would anyone express that Microsoft - after spending lots of money to help bring the game to the West - would want some exclusivity period on PC to make some money out of the deal?
A Steam release for an F2P game not published by MS would net Microsoft precisely zero dollars.
They get 80% cut from every sale on Steam.
They would get zero USD from this game on Steam.
This is an F2P game, not published by MS. Context matters.
So no steam version was clearly NOT planned.
They had a blog post up just a little bit ago talking about the benefits of Premimum and it said that you can modify some additional settings on the PC and Steam version.
Again, that blog post has now been removed. In fact all mention of the Steam version has been scrubbed from the site.
They had a blog post up just a little bit ago talking about the benefits of Premimum and it said that you can modify some additional settings on the PC and Steam version.
Again, that blog post has now been removed. In fact all mention of the Steam version has been scrubbed from the site.
It feels weird when even Microsoft's own games aren't storefront-exclusive anymore.
Yeah it would probably bankrupt Microsoft to allow this game on Steam.
As opposed to the $900 they plan to make on the Microsoft Store.
Dude, considering how awful the translation is, I can't imagine they're spending a fortune.
Also this isn't a Microsoft 100% funded game. All they've done is provided servers and google translate. (The game even misspells Anticipate" as "Antiscipate" like how does that happen? That's not even getting close to the almost comically awful amount of mistranslated stuff. Some stuff reported in the original beta tests and never fixed.)
well, I've never gone into business arrangements thinking "yeah, I've got money in the bank so I can afford to invest time and effort and get nothing out of It ".
Usually, people and for-profit entities tend to want to get something out of business arrangements.
your approach may differ, and I respect that.
Eh, people seem to manage to use Microsoft's storefronts for PC Gamepass and get by. Millions of subscribers, perhaps. And that's for a paid service.
an F2P game during a lockdown will probably have appeal, and Microsoft Store might not prove to be a major hurdle for fans. Especially for free.
Why do you think games like Halo and Gears of War are on Steam?
Do you think this game will be more or less successful if it is on just Windows App Store, or Windows App Store + Steam?
Do you think it is good for Microsoft's ability to work with Japanese publishers in the future if they are responsible for this game being less successful than it might have been because of decisions Microsoft made?
Do you think building a successful business is just about immediate short term profits?
The number of people using Steam and Windows App Store combined is far far greater than the number of people using just Windows App Store.
Given that they are not even launching day and date with the winstore, and even that is more than one month away, a very likely scenario is that they are still working on the port.
Keep in mind that while this is a non winstore game originally this version connects to Azure so who knows how the port was handled and now they need to port back to the original game.
I think this needs to be said some of you need to do some soul searching. MS funded the game fact, MS teamed with Sega to release the game on Xbox and PC fact. MS spent a large amount of money to bring this title to the west fact. Why are so many acting like Sega and MS kicked their dog when Xbox and Microsoft related properties are getting treated as priority for this release? Exclusive, yes it is and we've known this since last year! What has changed folks? All MS promised was the title would come to Xbox and PC they didn't say how the game would be played on each platform. Go check you facts from last year.
It was.
The link no longer works but... https://dev.pso2.com/manual/game originally linked to a WIP game manual and gave instructions to how to download the Steam version (along with the Win Store ver).
we may never know how much funding MS put up for this game to come to the West. I'd bet it's fairly substantial.
Halo and Gears are on Steam to reach a wider audience and make more money for Microsoft.
This game would be more successful with a Steam release, but it would not yield any success for Microsoft in that case. In fact, they'd make way less money.
There are precisely zero indications that this game would even be localized without MS help and intervention.
SEGA is making money off a western release that probably wasn't in the offing. I think they're happy with this deal. They're getting something in exchange for that exclusivity.
It's an F2P game. There's no major barrier to getting this on the MS store and accounts will likely be portable between the Windows Store version and the Steam version when it's out.
I don't see the storefront being a major obstacle to any fan who wanted this.
This is for 360 Xbox live only.
For xbone and pc the region is a device setting you can change at will.
Based on what? Cause everything has suggested the opposite.
You're acting like this is solely Microsoft's game.
Now that makes sense. Microsoft would not fund whatever sega asked to bring this game to this side of the world just because of something vain like good will.
I hope the multi-platform rollout happens throughout 2020...it'd be lame if they took longer.
It will be interesting to see how this goes. The game is already experiencing a drop in players going by server blocks visible in-game. I'd be surprised if it lasts more than a year.
I just can't see a whole year for PSO2, like I love the game and will play it on the WinStore, but holding out for a year is odd.
It's confirmed it isn't it will be coming to other consoles as per Phil Spencer.
Whenever I browse my all apps list, Microsoft Store is something I compulsively want to uninstall. It's not doing anything wrong but I just can't even. Too bad PSO2 is getting the cement shoes treatment.
Right after E3
Phantasy Star Online 2 will eventually 'end up on all platforms,' says Xbox boss
So, a timed console exclusive Phantasy Star Online 2 coming west might have been my news of the show for E3...
www.destructoid.com
Right after E3
Phantasy Star Online 2 will eventually 'end up on all platforms,' says Xbox boss
So, a timed console exclusive Phantasy Star Online 2 coming west might have been my news of the show for E3...
I guess we'll see how long the exclusivity period lasts.
Only launcher to make a game (Gears 4) unplayable for years for me. So it hasn't exactly earned high marks in my book.
So, being this is an MMO and undoubtedly would need me to make an account for it, specifically, could I just, I dunno, use my Xbox One S to start the game and when it eventually lands on other platforms (Steam will hopefully let Proton run it) I can just sign in there to play my existing stuff? FFXIV does this (aside from the whole standalone vs Steam thing) and it would let me at least try it now.
It will at least be coming to PS4, it's not staying on just XB/PC
