Read the story and see the pictures . The 'Pay to Play' system was announced for the U.S. and U.S. players have been overwhelming Sega of America with their letters of disappointment and retaliation against the system. In order to please players, SoA have been negotiating with SoJ about the fee and whether U.S. players should pay at all. SoJ is upset and now says that if the U.S. players don't want to pay, then they won't get the game. After this disturbing news, many players are now willing to pay, but SoA doesn't know that yet.
Many players still refuse to pay, but the majority is willing to pay.
Many players have become frustrated and bought an import copy of the game and have already begun to play. Most likely it's just a rumor, but I would still keep your fingers crossed. We got 7 new Fan Arts . Big thanks to the artists for submitting them. Go check them out, they look great.