Phantasy Star Online 2 for PS4 tops 500,000 downloads

Grumble grumble grumble, west, grumble grumble.

Total client downloads for the PlayStation 4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2 have topped 500,000 in Japan, Sega announced. The PlayStation 4 release first launched in April 2016.

The free-to-play online RPG is currently available across PC, PS Vita, and PlayStation 4 in Japan. It will celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2017. Various updates suited to the fifth anniversary are still to come, including the climax of the Episode 4 story, the new “Battle Arena” content, and more.

Sega is planning all sorts of in-game campaigns in commemoration of the downloads milestone. Details will be announced at a later date.