Phantasy Star Online Dreamcast Servers To Close

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday August 27, 2003 @12:48PM from the rappy-flapping-and-weeping dept.

Thanks to the Sega website for publishing official word that the Phantasy Star Online servers for Dreamcast will be shut down from October 1st. The page concludes: "On behalf of Sonic Team here at Sega, we would like to thank you for making PSO an unforgettable experience. You have brought us much joy and many wonderful memories. We invite you to try PSO on GameCube and Xbox and share your knowledge and skills with other PSO gamers so your legacy will continue to live on." This news follows the shutting-down of Sega's other Dreamcast online servers back in June.

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The poor success of Quake by pashdown · 2003-08-28 04:48 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't blame Sega for not making their servers public after shutting them down! Look at how bad that one game suffered from a completely open server, what was it, Quake?

All servers were completely compromised by hacks and cheats. Nobody ever improved on any security, and to make things worse, they weren't able to sell any copies of Quake II or Quake III because people were too happy playing Quake!

What a crock. Sega should release the server code when they shut down their games. I'd really like to play some Dreamcast Bomberman Online and I'd be happy to run a server to do so. It doesn't keep me from buying their new product either.