You may have missed out on the first opportunity to play Phantasy Star Online 2 for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it was a closed beta, so maybe you weren’t lucky enough to get in. But, even if you got access, maybe scheduling didn’t quite work out; the closed beta planned to run for a whopping 31 hours (although that timeline got shifted a bit thanks to some emergency server maintenance).
The next chance to play Phantasy Star Online 2 will (hopefully) be more conducive to, you know, people actually playing it. Starting March 17, there’s an open beta on Xbox One, which will mark the first time most people outside of Japan will get their hands on it.
Source: Destructoid Phantasy Star Online 2’s open beta starts next week