Phantasy Star Universe (PC/PS2) closing March 31st, 2010.

[Pikarya]

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http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=310166

Attention Phantasy Star Universe players,

We regret to announce that the PC and PlayStation2 servers for Phantasy Star Universe will be closing as of this March 31st, 2010.

SEGA would like to extend its sincere thanks to those who have played on the PC/PS2 servers over the past several years. The final update for PC/PS2 servers will be this January 29th, 2010, which will start the long-awaited MAG+ event. This event will receive the same updates & web support as the event on the Xbox 360 servers.

Please note that after January 29th 2010, no new PSU subscriptions will be available for purchase for PC/PS2. Those who are subscribed as of that time will be able to play, for free, until service closure.

The schedule is as follows:

• January 29th 2010: MAG+ event begins for PC/PS2 and Xbox 360 servers.

• January 29th 2010: No new PC/PS2 PSU subscriptions will be available for purchase.

• January 29th 2010: Free play for PC/PS2 PSU begins. No more billing cycles will take place on or after this date.

• March 31st 2010: PC/PS2 servers / service closure, the PlayStation2 and PC versions of Phantasy Star Universe online play will not be available after this date, however, please continue to enjoy the Single Player version of the game.

For those who play the Xbox 360 version of Phantasy Star Universe: SEGA will continue to support, in full & with regular updates, this version of Phantasy Star Universe. This includes bringing currently unreleased and anticipated content to the XBox 360 servers. We will be able to provide more details on future Xbox 360 PSU content over the coming weeks and months.

While we are sad to see the PC/PS2 version of Phantasy Star Universe end, the year 2010 is the 10th anniversary of Phantasy Star Online -- and this server / service closure is helping to pave the way for bigger and better things for the Phantasy Star franchise in the very near future!

Thank you all again for the support and great times together with us here at SEGA playing PSU! We look forward to seeing you again in our new adventures!

I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAYS.

[Guitarman]

this server / service closure is helping to pave the way for bigger and better things for the Phantasy Star franchise in the very near future!

hope that means they're trying again. i loved PSO so much. I'd love it if they got it right after this blunder.

[Pikarya]

hope that means they're trying again. i loved PSO so much. I'd love it if they got it right after this blunder.

^ this 110%. Oh the nostalgia.

[Shiroikage]

Good riddance. I've been playing a bunch of PSO on SCHTServ lately, and it is like a nostalgia bomb.

[Meresgi]

Most people that play Phantasy Star do so on Gamecube from what I know. They just get the broadband adapter which runs about 100bucks to play private servers.

[Shiroikage]

Or free servers on PC.

[Pikarya]

I have the Gamecube+Dreamcast versions. I've never tried though to play them on the private servers though. Kinda tempted to!

[Warudo Ecksu]

the phantasy star zero game that came out on DS a few months ago was pretty tight. It's a lot more like PSO so I hope they bring back that style of play in a future pc/console game

[Shiroikage]

Honestly, the PC version is probably the best. Episode 4 is kind of a bitch, but it's very fun.

Greater variety of items. There's some stuff on SCHT Serv such as Olga weapons that can combo.

[Warudo Ecksu]

the immune to ranged attack mobs in ep 4 was bullshit

[Brill Weave]

It's actually amazing that they managed to keep it running for ten years.

[AoE]

The massive disappointment on the PSOW forums fills me with ecstasy.

[Gekii]

about time this sht closed down, but i admit when it was new grindin with ryko & silverbreeze was awsm

[Mabubeezareel]

It's actually amazing that they managed to keep it running for ten years.

Phantasy Star Universe was released a little over 3 years ago....

[Rokku]

Closing the PC/PS2 servers instead of the 360 ones strikes me as kind of odd. I played on the 360 version from the day it launched until my second 360 crapped out and it always seemed pretty desolate.

[Pikarya]

Closing the PC/PS2 servers instead of the 360 ones strikes me as kind of odd. I played on the 360 version from the day it launched until my second 360 crapped out and it always seemed pretty desolate.

From what I read on another forum, it is due to a contract with Microsoft. Not sure on the source other than that.

[Rokku]

From what I read on another forum, it is due to a contract with Microsoft. Not sure on the source other than that.

Ah, well, that would make sense.

[Insanecyclone]

360 demo of psu is hilarious. If you run around the spaceport all it has is people spaming "u want sexy pics?!?!?!" "u wanna f@ck" etc

[LiquidFriend]

Not really surprising. PSU was basically PSO, minus the fun and 100% more of a grind. Also heard Sega decided to lock down most of the game/expansions too (at release) and just stopped updating those servers awhile back.

PSO was so dreamy though. Just take PSO, upgrade the graphics, new weapons/maps and some random new enemies. Is it really that damn hard, Sega?

[Rokku]

PSO was so dreamy though. Just take PSO, upgrade the graphics, new weapons/maps and some random new enemies. Is it really that damn hard, Sega?

Well, PSO was done by the Sonic Team, and we all know how well they've managed to "update" their flagship series over the years.