Universe debuts in a place far far away from the charts...

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<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - Saturday, December 2 2006 ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Unfortunately, <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM>'s UK debut had no affect on the UK games charts whatsoever, charting outside of the UK Top 40. Why is this? Maybe because SEGA Europe also released the brand new Sonic the Hedgehog game on the sameday of which they've been advertising much more greatly, which debuted at #36 in the UK Top 40!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> did however debut in the Xbox360 Top 20 at #17 but again, failed to reach the Top 20 in the PlayStation2 &amp; PC software charts.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maybe we'll see a sharp increase in <EM>PSU</EM> purchases since release day when the charts are released for this coming week? But it's a sad day indeed.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial>Just for comparison sake, <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> debuted in the Japanese Top 10 straight in at #1 in the all formats chart selling over 120,000 copies, and lasted two weeks in the Top 10 charts, falling to #9 the week after selling another 20,000 copies of the game!</FONT></P>

[Kitsadoodles]

I think we can safely say, 'PSU rules, and if it doesn't make your top 40 then you should see a doctor. 'Kay pumpkin?' Its that simple, these people must be crazy!

[Poo Fly]

ha! think of all the people missing out! more meseta for me! ;p

[Faulkie]

I too noticed this, not being able to even find the PC version in my local game. I have a theory for it though. People go nuts over online games. For example, when World of Warcraft launched so many people bought it and went online that the servers crashed. However, PSU was very much marketed as a single-player offline game with a little bonus online feature. If it was marketed as a full-on online game, it would have done better I think.