Did you ever play Phantasy Star Online or Phantasy Star Universe? You might be surprised the most successful entry of the multiplayer spin-off series to RPG classic Phantasy Star is Phantasy Star Portable that has sold more than 600000 copies since it was released in late July in Japan.
When I was in Japan last week I asked the Sega PR lady whether we might see Phantasy Star Portable in Europe or whether I should buy it while in Japan.
"You should buy, you know we are re-evaluating support for the PSP... yada yada".
Said and done. I bought the game and today it was announced for Europe. Arrgh... I've been struggling with the Japanese menus for nothing? No word on a US release yet, but it seems very likely now. The only thing pissing me off now is that Sega couldn't announce it a week earlier so we could have gotten an interview with the team at TGS, and that I didn't pick up one of those "I love Rappy" t-shirts.