Universe Hunters License comes at a cost!

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<strong>Universe Hunters License comes at a cost!</strong> <img src="/images/PSU.jpg" alt="PSU" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - May 9 2006 - 9:04 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Phantasy Star Universe - Tickets Cost!" hspace=0 src="/uploads/ragol_psulogo.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">'the_importer' has once again gotten in contact with Ragol.co.uk, having stumbled across an old Preview from just about this time last year for <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> from GameSpy.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At the time GameSpy were previewing the PC version of the title, of which you can read by </FONT><A href="http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/phantasy-star-universe/613526p1.html"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">clicking here</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">. But what's worthy here of note?</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Well, you know that thing you need to play <EM>Phantasy Star Online</EM> online? Well you'll need one for <EM>Universe</EM> too! Yes, it's our good ol' friend, the Hunters License! What's worse though is that the license in question will cost you $13 US a month! Considering American hunters currently pay $8.95 for a 30 day Hunters License, that's quite a step up.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There is a possibility that it could also include a Hunters License for the other current versions of <EM>Phantasy Star Online</EM>, so hopefully there is a bit of comfort, although if not, it'll be a deep blow to your pockets if you want to enjoy <EM>PSO</EM> alongside <EM>PSU </EM>indeed...</FONT></P>

[the_importer]

Guess it was about time that I opened up an account here

Now concerning the Hunter's license news, I just want to add that it is possible that this could have changed since last year. I don't believe that GameSpy (which belongs to the IGN network) would have given us false information, but perhaps SEGA could have had a change of heart during the course of a year and decided to make the license cheaper.

Either way, we should find out this week during the E3 expo (wish I was there :| )

[Lee-yoshi]

Yea, it has been a long time, so it's very possible that the fee could have changed - We'll find out when it really matters anyways! lol

Oh and anyways great find on the news, and nice to see you finally joined up! Hehe

[Anti Hacker]

If I play PSU, I won't be playing much of the other PSO titles. So the fact the new HL might take the other PSO games and incorporate them isn't much comfort at all for me! And even so, the new HL may have the chance of not even doing that?

I don't know if I'll be playing PSU if it's such a large step up in terms of money spendage. Oh well, never mind.

[Fabo Craven]

meh, its not to the cost of WoW yet, and if ST actually works about stopping hackers and stopping dupes, then ill pay.

[Anti Hacker]

and if ST actually works about stopping hackers and stopping dupes, then ill pay.

We can dream, eh?

[A.S.]

Just wanted to confirm that this is not true. The first month's fee is $10, all the rest of the months are $9. Just wanted to add that. The PSU and PSO BB Hunter Licenses will be separate, for that, I need no source. =P

PSU will cost 1260 yen (8.94 EU/ 10.53 USD) for your first 30 days online. After that, it will cost 1050 yen (7.45 EU/8.78 USD) to renew your account each month, if you use the automatic renewal service. -

[the_importer]

Just wanted to confirm that this is not true. The first month's fee is $10, all the rest of the months are $9. Just wanted to add that. The PSU and PSO BB Hunter Licenses will be separate, for that, I need no source. =P

We've been aware of the Japanese monthly feed for a while now. But that doesn't officially determine the North American and European fees. Could you provide us with a link that states the official pricing in EUR and NA?

I do not recall reading any official words at E3 about this either. But then again, with the Wii stealing the spotlight, even the other consoles didn’t get much attention either.