Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will launch for PC and Xbox in the US (specifically marketed as having Xbox Series X enhancements) and PC, Switch, and PS4 in Japan. On April 15th Phantasy Star Online 2 launched on Xbox One, leaving Open Beta, and beginning the long-awaited era of PSO2 in North America. Now, PC players only have about a week left to wait.
If you already have PSO2 installed, click here to skip to the Tweaker configuration portion of the guide.
This guide assumes that you have already registered a SEGA ID account.If you have not done so, see this guidehere.
This is for the Japanese version of PSO2! If you're looking for install instructions for the North American version, click here!
Getting Started & System Requirements
Phantasy Star Online 2 can be installed via multiple methods, but for the sake of this guide, we'llonly focus on 2 of them.
Please note that your system is capable of installing PSO2. You can do this by checking your systemrequirements against the minimum requirements below.
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| OS: | 8.1/10 32bit or 64bit recommended |
|---|---|
| Processor: | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or better |
| Memory: | 2 GB RAM or higher |
| Storage: | 60 GB or higher (Formatted NTFS) |
| Display: | 1280x720 or higher |
| Graphics: | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT or better AMD RADEON HD 2900XT or better Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better |
| Direct X: | Direct X 9.0c |
| Sound Card: | Direct X compatible sound card |
| Additional notes: | A high speed broadband connection is required. Storage and graphics requirements will change without notice. |
Various Methods of Installing PSO2
| # | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Via Torrent (Fastest) | By installing a BitTorrent client and downloading the associated .torrent file in the BitTorrent client,you can download the setup files that are used to install the game. |
| 2 | Via the Tweaker | By installing or downloading the PSO2 Tweaker, an 3rd party launcher that we've created, you can allow theTweaker to download the game for you. |
| 3 | Via the Official Launcher | Installing the game via the official launcher can be done as well. This guide however, will not coveron installing the game via the official stock launcher. |
| 4 | Copying the game from a friend | By copying the game's installation folder from a friend (the folder in which PSO2 is installed) on to alarge enough drive (at least 60GB or more), the game can be played without having to install the game.The drive must be formatted as either exFAT or NTFS, due to file size restrictions. |
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As stated before, this guide will only cover the Torrent and Tweaker methods of downloading & installingthe game.