Phantasy Star open beta starts this weekend [update 1]

So do silver members still have to pay the $10 per month? I would assume that is the case, but the wording makes it sound like silver members get a free pass and gold members get screwed.

pandlcg, you're quite right. It's now clarified.

A Gold is not required to play PSU online. You can play with only a Silver account. You have to pay the 10 no matter what.

thats crap.

Xbox360Fanboy clarifies a bit futher:

"The caveat: you must have Xbox Live Gold to participate [in the beta] -- though you'll only need Silver when the retail game ships."

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How is that crap? You want updates? Game Masters present to prevent cheating? You want extra missions and new gear? You pay the 10 for that reason. Really. Is it that dear? Paying for gold is paying for a well designed service. Suck it up and pay or not. It's your choice. Fortunately many PSO fans have realilzed the game is worth it!

Actually, youll be able to enjoy the open beta until October 16th.
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/10/12/Xbox-Service-Maintenance-.aspx

"How is that crap? You want updates? Game Masters present to prevent cheating? You want extra missions and new gear? You pay the 10 for that reason. Really. Is it that dear? Fortunately many PSO fans have realilzed the game is worth it!"

Wow, what a fanboy. Let's look at SEGA's past efforts in the PSO franchise and their fees on the PC, Dreamcast, and Xbox:

Cheating still existed.

Servers still crashed.

Extra missions? Maybe 1 a year.

GMs (even here in your great PSU) will not be available 24/7, and even when they are working they're not guaranteed to be in-game ( http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/support_faq.php )

It's crap, and it's a cash-grab by SEGA to try and get their mits into your pockets. $10 a month for Diablo? No thanks.

I dont think that the game requires xbox live to function. The game runs off its own servers, so chances are it will still be functioning.

I say screw this game

Betraying the GameCube Players who kept the franchise afloat, FOR SHAME

You can't claim that it can't run on the Wii, either, i mean, it was originally intended for PS2...

im getting it, i dont think sega is going to mess up this time like they did with PSO, i mean if someone cheats or hacks online then you have sega and microsoft giving out bans. so far no one in japan has managed to cheat yet. and they have been adding new content every 2 weeks to a month now. the game looks great and from what i have heard and seen so far it looks challenging and fun.

#8

Glad to see that there are still people bitching and moaning about fees in any game. You simply do not appreciate the type of game that Sega offered with PSO. I'm all over pso and psu because as a casual gamer, I don't have the 3-4 hour blocks in a day that I can spend on games like FF11 and WoW. Those games simply can't be played in bite sized quests. PSO offered an 'rpg' lite style of game, that anyone with the right attitude can get into and love. PSU is offering more of the same. I'm sorry you aren't willing to pay for fees, but sadly you will be missing out on a great game.

Updates will happen, missions will happen, pretty much everything that went wrong with Xbox PSO won't happen here.

Play or not, your choice has no effect on me or the legions of fans that are willing to part with hard earned cash in a game that has literally lasted longer than any other console rpg ever. 600+ hours on all incarnations of PSO, and counting. PSU is more of the same only better, more flavourful, and better realized.

I really can't wait for this game, however perhaps they should charge $10 to Silver XBL members and $5 for Gold,, it sucks having to pay 2 fees. When I was playing on the Dreamcast there was only one fee so this seems like sort of a ripoff