ANOTHER Sony Game Offline!

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online.  That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/770/770381p1.html

March 5, 2007 - Hot on the heels of last week's news that Konami is shutting down the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subistence servers, Capcom has announced it will pull the plug on the Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 servers at the end of this month.

A post from a Super Moderator on the official RE Outbreak 2 forums reads: "Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge. Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available."

The post makes no mention of the original Resident Evil Outbreak, so it looks like the first online zombie game will remain in play.

Today Nielsen released data showing more than 4.4 million gamers now take their consoles online. But it looks like, with the recent console transition, companies are cleaning out some of their lesser-used online games

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/770/770381p1.html

March 5, 2007 - Hot on the heels of last week's news that Konami is shutting down the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subistence servers, Capcom has announced it will pull the plug on the Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 servers at the end of this month.

A post from a Super Moderator on the official RE Outbreak 2 forums reads: "Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge. Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available."

The post makes no mention of the original Resident Evil Outbreak, so it looks like the first online zombie game will remain in play.

Today Nielsen released data showing more than 4.4 million gamers now take their consoles online. But it looks like, with the recent console transition, companies are cleaning out some of their lesser-used online games

nnavidson

don't things like this happen with all kinds of games all the time?Trading_Zoner

don't things like this happen with all kinds of games all the time?Trading_Zoner

Sounds to me like Lemmings are stretching here. They ran out of things to bad mouth Sony about so they have to stretch beyond to 3rd party devs.Telekill

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online.  That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

[QUOTE="Trading_Zoner"]don't things like this happen with all kinds of games all the time?Tulak_Hord

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

[QUOTE="Telekill"]Sounds to me like Lemmings are stretching here. They ran out of things to bad mouth Sony about so they have to stretch beyond to 3rd party devs.nnavidson

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online. That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

PS3_3DO

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

I believe it would be COD2, a launch title.  You can also play BC original Xbox games on live just fine.

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.

[QUOTE="poopinloop32"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

PS3_3DO

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"][QUOTE="poopinloop32"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.

Microsoft can't force people to play their games, but they allow players to play the games online for years.  If 500 people love an old game but they conistantly play it, that's 500 happy people that wouldn't have that chance on the PSN.

The reason why we have to use Xbox as a reference is because it has a much longer history and the games still function on the 360.  Every 360 game is still online.

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"][QUOTE="poopinloop32"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.

I just checked Gears and had no problem finding an online match. 

Sony game? I never knew Capcom = Sony...

I have both and I really dont give a rat's !@#. Who plays Resident Evil Outbreak 2 anyway?
asdasd

Sounds to me like Lemmings are stretching here. They ran out of things to bad mouth Sony about so they have to stretch beyond to 3rd party devs.Telekill

actually it serves as proof xbox live is better for both gamers and developers...;)

What is the big deal.  PSN is not PS2s online system.  The PS2 onlines system had a tiny attachment rate.  Very few people were online on the PS2.  That is not the case with PS3.  PS3 has a large community of online users and that means their games will remain supported.  PS2 online games are being trashed because their are pretty much nobody playing those games and the community is small.  They cant take away features on the PS3 PSN because the online community is large and making a large group of people unhappy is not wise.

I mean look at the changes to PSN.  They are adding so much to compete with XBL.  You cant compare PSN to PS2s online system, the community is very different.  Especially when they are trying to retire the PS2.  PS2 online games do not reflect PSN at all, it only reflects PS2s failed online system and the fact they are trying to push consumers to upgrade, kinda of how MS stopped supporting the Xbox game wise.  I think stopping support of games for a console is worse then closing online systems for games nobody played anymore.

What is the big deal. PSN is not PS2s online system. The PS2 onlines system had a tiny attachment rate. Very few people were online on the PS2. That is not the case with PS3. PS3 has a large community of online users and that means their games will remain supported. PS2 online games are being trashed because their are pretty much nobody playing those games and the community is small. They cant take away features on the PS3 PSN because the online community is large and making a large group of people unhappy is not wise.

I mean look at the changes to PSN. They are adding so much to compete with XBL. You cant compare PSN to PS2s online system, the community is very different. Especially when they are trying to retire the PS2. PS2 online games do not reflect PSN at all, it only reflects PS2s failed online system and the fact they are trying to push consumers to upgrade, kinda of how MS stopped supporting the Xbox game wise. I think stopping support of games for a console is worse then closing online systems for games nobody played anymore.

Javy03

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"][QUOTE="poopinloop32"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years? Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online.  That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/770/770381p1.html

March 5, 2007 - Hot on the heels of last week's news that Konami is shutting down the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subistence servers, Capcom has announced it will pull the plug on the Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 servers at the end of this month.

A post from a Super Moderator on the official RE Outbreak 2 forums reads: "Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge. Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available."

The post makes no mention of the original Resident Evil Outbreak, so it looks like the first online zombie game will remain in play.

Today Nielsen released data showing more than 4.4 million gamers now take their consoles online. But it looks like, with the recent console transition, companies are cleaning out some of their lesser-used online games

nnavidson

[QUOTE="Trading_Zoner"]don't things like this happen with all kinds of games all the time?Tulak_Hord

Sounds to me like Lemmings are stretching here. They ran out of things to bad mouth Sony about so they have to stretch beyond to 3rd party devs.Telekill

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online.  That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/770/770381p1.html

March 5, 2007 - Hot on the heels of last week's news that Konami is shutting down the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subistence servers, Capcom has announced it will pull the plug on the Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 servers at the end of this month.

A post from a Super Moderator on the official RE Outbreak 2 forums reads: "Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge. Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available."

The post makes no mention of the original Resident Evil Outbreak, so it looks like the first online zombie game will remain in play.

Today Nielsen released data showing more than 4.4 million gamers now take their consoles online. But it looks like, with the recent console transition, companies are cleaning out some of their lesser-used online games

nnavidson

And for those games did we have to pay online? No, so nice try and remember thats last gen games which are pulled because the ps3 is here with better online service and I am an xbox 360 owner aswell but if u want a low blow, MS abandoned the regular xbox, and for us owners that owned one and wanted to play new games we were forced to buy the new system because the regular xbox is dead. The fact im pointing out is this is nothing really big because even though they do pull the plug on these games, the ps2 is still very much alive and has games coming out for it, as for my xbox sitting in my garage collecting dust, it has officially been abandoned. Catch my drift? Anywayz be happy mass effect and halo 3 are on der way. :)

[QUOTE="nnavidson"]

Sony's online service requires 3rd parties to pay for games to be online.  That's why Konami pulled the plug on MGS3 after a year and Capcom pulled RE: Outbreak after 2.

Name one game that you can't play online that was released on the xbox platform.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/770/770381p1.html

March 5, 2007 - Hot on the heels of last week's news that Konami is shutting down the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subistence servers, Capcom has announced it will pull the plug on the Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 servers at the end of this month.

A post from a Super Moderator on the official RE Outbreak 2 forums reads: "Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge. Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available."

The post makes no mention of the original Resident Evil Outbreak, so it looks like the first online zombie game will remain in play.

Today Nielsen released data showing more than 4.4 million gamers now take their consoles online. But it looks like, with the recent console transition, companies are cleaning out some of their lesser-used online games

squallff8_fan

And for those games did we have to pay online? No, so nice try and remember thats last gen games which are pulled because the ps3 is here with better online service and I am an xbox 360 owner aswell but if u want a low blow, MS abandoned the regular xbox, and for us owners that owned one and wanted to play new games we were forced to buy the new system because the regular xbox is dead. The fact im pointing out is this is nothing really big because even though they do pull the plug on these games, the ps2 is still very much alive and has games coming out for it, as for my xbox sitting in my garage collecting dust, it has officially been abandoned. Catch my drift? Anywayz be happy mass effect and halo 3 are on der way. :)

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years?  Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

THIS IS exactly why XBL is a much better service because the whole network is a framework that it already in place ready for the developers to take care off... Cows always going on about how the PSN is free ... but dont realise that the developer has to pay for most of the setup and some developers are simply NOT prepared to do that .... whereas with XBL they dont need to worry about the architecture.... they just use the XBL libraries supplied by MS ... thats where part of our yearly subscription goes!TurboGuru

You don't have to look far to find out what the devs really think. Look no further than the current issue of EGM:

WHAT THE DEVELOPERS SAY

"I expected more from a company that had one more year than Microsoft to improve upon what the competition was doing. Why (Sony) couldn't have an online architecture half as good as (that of) Xbox Life is beyond me. I don't know the last time that horsepower alone wone a console war, but that's what they seem to be banking on."

-Anonymous game designer

"(PlayStation Network) was a debacle from day one. Basically, the developers have to do all the heavy lifting. Microsoft required us to simply plug in to their code. Sony requires us to build it or use an outside technology source. Unfortunately, I feel that the quality of the titles could be much improved if the development process wasn't so excruciatingly painful.
   "As far as our relationship goes, Microsoft is far superior in terms of communication, support, and timeliness.... Even the initial technical certification requirement documentation (from Sony) was late and then only came in Japanese. We had to hire a translator. Do you think that sped things up or slowed them down? Who needs additional headaches when you're already trying to accomplish the impposible?
   "As a studio, we're excited about the possibilities on the PlayStation 3, and we'll jump through hoops to support it, but that doesn't mean we have to pretend to be happy about it."

-Anonymous game producer

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"][QUOTE="poopinloop32"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

This is a free Online service. What did you expect games to be Online for years? Who do you think we are XBL! :lol:

poopinloop32

GeoW is #1 on XBL and you are wrong Online games on Xbox last for years.