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MMO10 Phantasy Star Universe to shut down PS2 & PC worlds

By: Krystalle Voecks   2010-01-25T15:00:00     News Item: 10808

Filed under: Sci-fi, Phantasy Star Universe, MMORPG industry, News items

It's always a sad day when we have to report an MMORPG is shutting down. Then you have cases like today's pronouncement about Phantasy Star Universe where it's a mixed bag. In this case the PS2 and PC versions will be closing down as of March 31st. Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 version (yes, another console MMORPG does exist) is doing well and will remain online.

On January 29th, the Maximum Attack G+ event will start up across all three Phantasy Star Universe platforms, at which point anyone who has a paid subscriber on the PC or PS2 will be converted to a free account until the worlds go dark. According to a heartfelt post by GM Edward@Sega, these closures are necessary because "[t]he population is simply too low for us to be able to continue to support this platform." The good news is that since there will only be one primary western market platform moving forward, this should allow Sega to close the expansion release gap between the US and Japanese versions.

So while this next Maximum Attack G+ event will be a bittersweet one for some, at least Phantasy Star Universe will live on in the 360 version -- and there's always the single-gamer offline version of PSU for PC and PS2 gamers as well. Hopefully some veteran gamers will get the chance to make the jump as losing your favorite world is definitely no fun.

Phantasy Star Universe to shut down PS2 & PC worlds originally appeared on on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    
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