Phantasy Star Universe on 360

By Tom Bramwell Published 19 April, 2006

SEGA confirms.

SEGA's announced that Phantasy Star Universe will be released on Xbox 360 this autumn along with previously announced PlayStation 2 and PC versions.

PSU - no relation to the thing that makes your PC work - consists of a single-player adventure spanning multiple planets and Xbox Live-based multiplay.

"The reinvigoration of this beloved franchise on the Xbox 360 signifies another step for SEGA towards next-gen leadership," said SEGA's Scott A. Steinberg, implying that the 360 version will be pretty and everything.

Played online, the Xbox 360 version will allow you to group together with your friends (or Friends in this case), making a squad of up-to-six, and enter worlds where hundreds of other players are playing. Previous Phantasy Star Online games were limited to groups of four and nobody else. And obviously the old-days Phantasy Star stuff was single-player. So that's the whole history in a paragraph really.

Expect to see and hear more about PSU's Xbox 360 version at E3 next month.

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Comments (31) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Psi #1 6 years ago

    woot, look out sega police :D


    erm hang on, xbox live online play but no mention of online pc play... since when is the pc an offline system and a console the online option? get shit the right way round please!
    Edited by 1 at 19/04/06 @ 16:48

  • JediMasterMalik #2 6 years ago

    Nah they'll definitely have multi on the PC they just mentioned the xbx multi cause it ould be les expected. I suppose...

  • smelly #3 6 years ago

    Loved PSO! Cant wait!

  • rinoaMW #4 6 years ago

    me too - can't wait!

  • thegamesthething #5 6 years ago

    PSO was by far the most simplistic MM(ish)ORPG(sort of) I've ever played. And it was great. Hope for the same from this.

  • Teeth #6 6 years ago

    It will be awesome. Until it gets hacked :(

  • shido #7 6 years ago

    so will there be a monthly fee? o.O

  • dllord #8 6 years ago

    'shido' will there be a monthly fee? o.O

    Do Bears shit in the woods? LoL!
    Edited by 2 at 19/04/06 @ 17:47

  • Burnt-Kona Verified Senior Artist, Full Fat Productions #9 6 years ago

    "shido' will there be a monthly fee? o.O

    Do Bears shit in the woods? LoL! "

    That will be a shame. I only started playing PSO online on the DC when the Hunter's Liecence was dropped, and never ventured online with the xbox version.

    If Guild Wars can manage it...

  • Teeth #10 6 years ago

    Thing is, count the number of extra Guild Wars versions/expansions you've had to buy and measure that up against a monthly fee. It's probably less, I don't know. But new versions ad expansions of PSO don't occur nearly as often.

  • Bi50N Verified Head of Global Communications, THQ #11 6 years ago

    that's my social life shagged then

  • shido #12 6 years ago

    "Do Bears shit in the woods? LoL! "

    Alas they do...lets hope they don't shit on this....

  • gizmo #13 6 years ago

    Bloody loved the feel of this on the Dreamcast, it had a real charm about it.

    Don't know how it will be with voice, there was a lovely anonimity with typed messages - you didn't actually know that cute little elven female running in front of you was actually a 14 year old male who would probably smash a bottle over your head if you saw him in the street.

  • Pirotic #14 6 years ago

    Hi chaps, Last time I heard from the developer, each on-line version is going to be seperated. so the xbox 360 users cannot play with the PC users who cannot play with the PS2 users and visa versa. It'll be a good game if the PC beta is anything to go by, but it's still a long way from completion.

    *equips Heaven Punisher +99*

    see you in Ragnol :D

  • Mr_Brown #15 6 years ago

    Great news, I definate buy for me. So long as there are no subcription charges ¬_¬

  • Xerx3s #16 6 years ago

    So, the pc & 360 versions will have ps2 graphics? The added monthly fee more or less killed the previous incarnation for me... :(

  • c.lo #17 6 years ago

    So, is the 360 going to be able to use a keyboard? I cant imagine playing pso without one...

  • OnlyMe #18 6 years ago

    I thought Phantasy Star Universe was supposed to be an offline rpg?

  • tengu #19 6 years ago

    It's offline and online. 40 hour single player mode and online mode.

  • ilmaestro #20 6 years ago

    Bollocks, now I don't know whether to cancel my order for the PS2 version or not. Actual release date at E3, please, and try not to change it three times this time around. If it does turn out that the main wait is for the online service to be improved (the single player game is as good as finished according to the devs) and then you can't play against people on another format that would be the single most gh3y thing ever.

    Unless the reason for the delay is to do with wanting the 360 version to launch at the same time.
    Edited by 1 at 19/04/06 @ 22:43

  • mentat #21 6 years ago

    *wibble*
    I will definately be picking this up - I LURVE PSO.
    Here's hoping they stay on top of the Duping and PKing this time :(

  • varsas #22 6 years ago

    erm hang on, xbox live online play but no mention of online pc play... since when is the pc an offline system and a console the online option? get shit the right way round please!

    It's definitely online for the PC version. You can play cross platform too like FFXI afaik.
    EDIT: Just double check pso-world and in their FAQ: "3.26: Can PS2 and PC users play on the same servers?
    A: Yes! It was recently revealed by IGN, that PS2 and PC players will play on linked servers!"

    It will be awesome. Until it gets hacked :(

    Not really going to happen since it's server side for the online part this time.
    Edited by 3 at 20/04/06 @ 09:15

  • Blerk #23 6 years ago

    I shall be watching the single-player game with some interest. I've never played a Phantasy Star game before.

  • TripSkyway #24 6 years ago

    That's great news. Very happy indeed.
    Edited by 1 at 20/04/06 @ 09:53

  • ttechh #25 6 years ago

    Phantasy Star is my fave RPG series. So I'm looking forward to this.

  • Krun #26 6 years ago

    If theres no monthly Fee I buy, if not it can stay on the shelf.

  • varsas #27 6 years ago

    >If theres no monthly Fee I buy, if not it can stay on the shelf.

    It's firstly a offline RPG like Final Fantasy. The Online aspect is something you can take part in or not; it's up to you but it does require a small fee each month to keep your online data, add new content (quests, equipment and events) and maintain the servers.

  • miiiguel #28 6 years ago

    I hope GS points will be strictly for the offline quest. I found that I'm a bit asocial, as I can't get a much of a "kick" with online play. I guess I need to control my pace, and... everything else.

  • ali-uk #29 6 years ago

    Ooo nice, 6 player co op :D

  • Teeth #30 6 years ago

    It better still have the same kind of weird haunting atmosphere that PSO has. I swear the game sends eldritch signals to uncharted sections of the brain. It might be the music, but it happens in the field too... the game just kind of screws with my mind in a good way. Well up for this, whatever the platform.

  • Galvanizer #31 6 years ago

    WOAH! Never saw this coming! The hell with the PS2 version now! :p