Thought this was kind of timely, with the news of Phantasy Star Zero for DS (it will be online via Nintendo WFC).
http://www.inside-games.jp/news/311/31104.html
This is why Japanese devs don't have blogs like the western devs!
http://www.inside-games.jp/news/311/31104.html
This basically says, straight after the release of PSU, thanks to the connection troubles, a veritable fuckton of critical comments were posted on Miyoshi's blog. The staff who saw this became mentally unstable :lolInside Games said:『PSU』では発売直後の接続トラブルから見吉氏のブログに批判のコメントが殺到。これを見たスタッフが精神的に不安定になるといった事件が発生。
This is why Japanese devs don't have blogs like the western devs!