Shrygue
April 7th, 2008, 17:02
via Games Industry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/scea-to-end-online-service-for-older-titles)
SCEA has announced that it will be shutting down the servers for a number of its older online titles for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable platforms.
According to dbTechno the online games will end on June 30 this year, and while most games will still be playable offline, two of the titles which only have online modes will become unplayable.
The closure of online play servers for older titles is a normal process, and is only usually applied to games which have a very low, or no, demand.
The full list of titles for which servers will be closed is as follows:
PlayStation 2 games
Amplitude
Destruction Derby Arenas
Everybody’s Golf
EyeToy Chat*
F1 '04
Jak X
Lemmings PS2
My Street
Syphon Filter Omega Strain
This is Football 2004
This is Football 2005
Twisted Metal: Black Online*
PlayStation Portable games
Lemmings
World Tour Soccer 2
* Denotes titles that are online-only
SCEA has announced that it will be shutting down the servers for a number of its older online titles for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable platforms.
According to dbTechno the online games will end on June 30 this year, and while most games will still be playable offline, two of the titles which only have online modes will become unplayable.
The closure of online play servers for older titles is a normal process, and is only usually applied to games which have a very low, or no, demand.
The full list of titles for which servers will be closed is as follows:
PlayStation 2 games
Amplitude
Destruction Derby Arenas
Everybody’s Golf
EyeToy Chat*
F1 '04
Jak X
Lemmings PS2
My Street
Syphon Filter Omega Strain
This is Football 2004
This is Football 2005
Twisted Metal: Black Online*
PlayStation Portable games
Lemmings
World Tour Soccer 2
* Denotes titles that are online-only