SCEA to end online service for older titles

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April 7th, 2008, 17:02
Shrygue

SCEA to end online service for older titles
via Games Industry

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
April 7th, 2008, 17:20
JKKDARK

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=102575
April 7th, 2008, 18:50
Mr. Shizzy

Yeah, this news is a few days old...
April 8th, 2008, 01:10
Buddy4point0

Amplitude was a really fun game.
For those of you who don't know, its like guitar hero and rock band, before guitar hero, or rock band.

It's played with a standard controller too.
April 9th, 2008, 00:12
osgeld

the # 1 problem with online games that require a company to run a server

the company will get board, or the attendance will fall below the line where its practical to run the server

now thank goodness sony is one of those few companies who support their games for a good while

but im sure anyone still playing TMB is quite pissed off right now

could be worse, like atari who gets you to pay 60 bucks for a online only game just to have it crap out less than a year later
April 9th, 2008, 00:17
JKKDARK

Quote:

Originally Posted by osgeld

could be worse, like atari who gets you to pay 60 bucks for a online only game just to have it crap out less than a year later

Or even worse... Electronic Arts :rolleyes:
April 9th, 2008, 05:25
Ultima Chocochu

Quote:

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

Or even worse... Electronic Arts :rolleyes:

XDXD

Eeh, well most of those games are pretty old
Most.