Sony To Delete Virtual Goods

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Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 2, 2012 @09:30AM from the satisfaction-is-not-guaranteed dept.

New submitter dommer2029 writes "A few years back, Sony bought up a small company running an online collectible card game called Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga. Two days ago, they announced that the servers will be shutting down on March 29, 2012. All of our virtual collectible cards? Poof. It's not surprising — the user base is small and dwindling — but it's proof that any server-based digital goods you 'own' can vanish on a corporation's whim."

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I'll give you my Neopets... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-02 09:34 · Score: 2, Funny

...when you take them from my cold, dead hands!
SUCK FONY by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-02 09:34 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm all for Sony bashing, but I also hate whiney nerds. So... fuck both of you
1. Re:SUCK FONY by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-02 09:39 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Can't argue. Anyone who needed "proof" that virtual goods hosted on someone elses server could disappear pretty much got what they deserved, minus a punch in the face. I'll work on that though if I meet any of them.
2. Re:SUCK FONY by idontgno · 2012-03-02 09:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ...but I also hate whiney nerds.
  The self-hatred is strong in this one.
  
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Yes, but... by Reasonable+Facsimile · 2012-03-02 09:35 · Score: 4, Funny

... you'll be able to trade in the collectibles for rootkit'd CDs.
Email them by RichMan · 2012-03-02 10:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Sony should email people their virtual property.
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Please find attached your items.
0x208910812
0x291919111
0x233311102
Re:of course by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-02 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Ha. Ha. Reminds me of the old saying "Denny's, Where waitresses go to die."
And diners, too... there's a saying around here: if you want to find excellent food, follow an old person to lunch. You'll either find the best food that 60 years of experience can find, or you'll arrive at Denny's.