Xbox One's Phantasy Star Online 2 Is Not An Exclusive In The West - E3 2019

@snugglebear: Yes, they were only on Sega back in the day.

@Terrorantula: AR is pretty cool, but it seems to be better suited to practical use rather than gaming. I'm more surprised MS hasn't jumped on the VR train yet. Their OS should allow for support of any kind of open VR set and the next gen of consoles should be able to handle it better.

@Carpetfluff: lol Don't tell that to some of the people around here. They somehow didn't notice.

@Carpetfluff: Like Sony announced Shenmue 3?

@reznik00: Someone else not sharing your narrow definition of the term exclusive does not make it a failure of an argument. If I can't play it on PlayStation or Nintendo, it's exclusive or at least playing the part. Let's call it exclusive's stunt double if it makes you feel better. In the end, you have to buy a Microsoft product to play it. Without a Microsoft product, you cannot play it. Sounds exclusive to me.

@reznik00: So Bloodborne isn't exclusive then? I can play it on PC.

@reznik00: Disagree with the awful comment. Although I understand your view on it, since you seem to hold exclusives as the most important thing in gaming. Exclusives are just 1 peg in the multi-faceted industry of gaming. While they are great and needed, doesn't necessarily move the industry forward and doesn't evolve anything.

Bring on xCloud, bring on Gamepass on PC (my game backlog grew 100+), playing games I never would have thought twice about. I'm spending more time on PC and Xbox playing these games. That's the point if you haven't realized that by now. The player engagement is high and the cost of entry is perfect. Bring on BC so I can play all my generations of games on one box, without the need to pay extra. There's just so much going on. Then, when all these studios MS acquired finally finish their games, there'll be more exclusives.

@reznik00: "Exclusives are a necessary and wonderful thing in gaming"
Wow, that's very wrong. They are no longer necessary for gaming, except to push platform sales and it's certainly has never been wonderful to force gamers into an ecosystem just to play a game.

And besides, why would MS care to make a true exclusive (like you think they need to)? They have software sales on more than 1 platform...

@Marky360: it does have a switch version, and playing it gets you Zelda stuff lol

@DarkReign2022: They do have a premium service, but most of the things it offers can be gotten in game using free tickets. For example, turning in these easy to get cubes can get you a 3 day room pass. An hour of grinding easily gives you a few months worth of room time, but premium service players just have that from the get go.

Also pretty much everything is loot drop/box based. Drops are random (although dungeons show you what can drop), and pretty much all costumes/event items come from using tickets in a lotto. (Mostly real cash tickets, or those given from being subbed). On the flip side, the way the game is in Japan, you can get pretty much anything by being a free player. You get millions of in game currency a week just by doing the easy to do dailies and weeklies, and typically you can buy anything from players for a few mil or so. Old expired items typically cost more, but as soon as the event rolls back around it's dirt cheap again. So yes, players who pay do have an advantage at getting this stuff, but it's not a must and doesn't actually give any REAL advantages (only cosmetic).

@DarkReign2022:

When I played PSO2 in 2012 the FTP version was a really solid game with lot of content but it had limitations such as not being able to trade items with other players or own a shop. There was a monthly membership comprised of a bunch of separate fees that added up to a typical MMO monthly subscription that allowed you to have your own room, shop etc. From memory you had to buy extra character slots too.

The FTP game gave the player a good taste of the game which they could then upgrade with the features they wanted. But then there’s loot boxes. Players get regular (daily I think) loot boxes and subscription players also got premium loot boxes on top of that but I’m pretty sure they also sold loot boxes. That’s where a lot of the best outifts and room decorations came from.