Phantasy Star Online 2

This article is about the 2012 video game. For Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 and Episode II, see Phantasy Star Online.

Phantasy Star Online 2
Developer(s)Sega Sapporo Studio
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)
  • Yu Suganuma
  • Keisuke Nakamura
Producer(s)Satoshi Sakai
Programmer(s)
  • Kenichi Tanase
  • Hirofumi Fujimoto
Artist(s)Akikazu Mizuno
Writer(s)Ryohei Uno
Composer(s)
  • Hideaki Kobayashi
  • Mitsuharu Fukuyama
  • Kenichi Tokoi
  • Tadashi Kinukawa
SeriesPhantasy Star
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation 4
  • JP: April 20, 2016[6]
  • WW: August 31, 2022
Nintendo Switch
  • JP: April 4, 2018
Xbox One
  • NA: April 14, 2020
  • EU: August 5, 2020
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
  • WW: June 9, 2021
Genre(s)Action role-playing, Massively Multiplayer Online
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Phantasy Star Online 2[a] is a free-to-play online action role-playing game in the Phantasy Star series, developed by Sega Sapporo Studio and published by Sega. It was created as a successor to Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Universe, Phantasy Star Online 2 features gameplay elements and aesthetics reminiscent of previous Phantasy Star games while incorporating a few unique twists on the formula. The first version was released for Windows in Japan in July 2012.[7][8]

A PlayStation Vita version was released in February 2013, but shut down in September 2020. A PlayStation 4 version was released in April 2016. A spin-off/companion game, Phantasy Star Online 2 es[b] was released for Android and iOS in 2014.[9][10] A cloud version for Nintendo Switch, entitled Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud[c] was released in April 2018 and then on PC, released in December 2018. At E3 2019, it was announced that the game would be releasing outside of Asia for the first time on the Xbox One and Windows in early 2020.[1][11][12]

A massive updated and separate "shared universe" game, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis[d] (Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Cloud[e] in the cloud version), was released on June 9, 2021.[13] It was released for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S worldwide, with the PlayStation 4 version releasing on August 31, 2022, and for Windows (download and cloud), Nintendo Switch (cloud) and PlayStation 4 in Japan.[14] Although it was released nearly a decade after Phantasy Star Online 2 launch and is substantially different in gameplay, graphics, and content, the creators decided to not name it "Phantasy Star Online 3" or focus on creating a game with no backwards compatibility with PSO2 content in order to continue support for current players and to not split up the player-base between two different simultaneously available games.[15]

The game is a commercial success, reported in 2021 to have made over 900 million dollars since its release in 2012.[16]

  1. ^ a b @SEGA_Europe (June 9, 2019). "PSO2 is finally making its western debut in North America on Xbox One in Spring 2020. Regarding an EMEA release, there's nothing to confirm right now. We understand it's frustrating, but when we have more news to share, we will. Stay tuned to https://pso2.com for updates" (Tweet). Retrieved June 9, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Matthew (June 9, 2019). "Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally, finally coming to the West". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Ryna (July 2, 2012). "Phantasy Star Online 2 to Officially Launch in Japan on July 4th". Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "Phantasy Star Online 2 Comes to Steam Next Week, Full PC System Requirements Revealed".
  5. ^ Evangelho, Jason (March 9, 2012). "'Phantasy Star Online 2' hits Vita in 2013, supports cross-platform play". VideoGameWriters. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "'PSO2 PS4 is carried out in April 20, 2016!". August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  7. ^ "Phantasy Star Online 2". DotMMO. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  8. ^ Fletcher, JC (September 15, 2010). "Phantasy Star Online 2 spotted on Sega TGS video stream". Joystiq. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  9. ^ "Phantasy Star Online 2 Es Open Beta Is On Android Now". Siliconera. April 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "PSO2es Now Available on Google Play!". 2p.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "Everything We Announced at the Xbox E3 2019 Briefing". Xbox Wire. June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  12. ^ McWhertor, Michael (June 9, 2019). "Sega's finally bringing Phantasy Star Online 2 to the West in 2020". Polygon. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  13. ^ 『PSO2 NEW GENESIS Prologue 3』 (4/22/2021), April 22, 2021, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved May 1, 2021
  14. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (July 24, 2020). "Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Game Announced for 2021". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  15. ^ "Sega Explains Why PSO2 New Genesis Isn't Phantasy Star Online 3". August 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "Phantasy Star Online 2 has made over $900 million in sales since 2012". Destructoid - Nintendo. August 6, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.


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