Petition for PSO 2 to NOT be released stateside.

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They did let off workers for their US and EU branches, while retaining most of their work force in Japan.

That is another matter though, and it is safe to assume the blame is on Sega as a whole, as the US and EU branches operate under the main branch with production, localization and sales, whereas the main branch decides whether or not to release an IP for localization in other regions or providing services.

There are plenty of factors, but without any reason for a delay or a proper explanation for nearly a year, it can be assumed that they either face difficulty within certain branches, or the company itself is staving the release for other reasons or purposes. Really, there isn't much else to do but speculate on why they stayed quiet for the time.

[Meji]

However even though it's against the Terms of Service you're not suppose to be on Jpso2 unless you live in Japan but SOJ still is letting you play. They're such big assholes alright.

That rule is mainly there so they easily can ban foreigners without any further ado, if they so desire.
I've had some friends gotten unfairly banned because their equipment was too good, and when some JP Mods noticed them, they got banned because they "believed they cheated".
Even though they try to contact customer support, they won't really be let back in that easily since they've already broken against the ToS by playing it outside of Japan.

So, yeah, assholes imo.

[reptile7383]

That rule is mainly there so they easily can ban foreigners without any further ado, if they so desire.
I've had some friends gotten unfairly banned because their equipment was too good, and when some JP Mods noticed them, they got banned because they "believed they cheated".
Even though they try to contact customer support, they won't really be let back in that easily since they've already broken against the ToS by playing it outside of Japan.

So, yeah, assholes imo.

agreed. I find it silly that people believe that we should be grateful to Sega for mostly ignoring a rule that they themselves created. Its a shame this game is so much fun :P

[supersonix9]

lol, cosigned!

cosine?

[Infiniteque]

Best part about this thread is the explanation of "Segac."

[Sierhiet]

yes we do SOA has the worse track record in actually doing anything with the PS games and SOJ are assholes for thinking its ok to do that so I think we can blame both just fine

I'm starting to believe some of you just like the prospect of blind rage, or fueling the psow echo chamber. It's a delay. Common practice in the industry.

[reptile7383]

I'm starting to believe some of you just like the prospect of blind rage, or fueling the psow echo chamber. It's a delay. Common practice in the industry.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pcj5R3DqG...m-gif-5917.gif

Its a delay on a game that's been pretty much completed for a year now. That is much less common.

[Sierhiet]

Its a delay on a game that's been pretty much completed for a year now. That is much less common.

That is actually a lot more common then you'd assume. However, that isn't even the case this time.

[reptile7383]

That is actually a lot more common then you'd assume. However, that isn't even the case this time.

Its really not. and what would you say the case is then?

[Sierhiet]

Its really not. and what would you say the case is then?

It really is. Look at games such as Tera. Released in August of 2011 for JP; and in May of 2012 for the US. What about Korea's Vindictus released in January of 2010? We didn't see the game stateside until October. Japan got it later then that. Aion of November 25, 2008. South Korea. September 22, 2009. North America.

And the issue, whether or not some want to swallow it, is the RNG and gambling laws among other things. Sega, as incompetent as they may appear sometime, is a high profile corporation with a certain level of pedigree. They're going to go through the hoops of making sure they at least don't face any legal difficulties.