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[LordCBH]

That’s absolute shit and should be 100% unacceptable.

 

[analog_future]

 

[Nvzman]

Well that's fuckin sad, now you can't play LBP online at all anymore

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I guess Sony making $2 billion profit/year in their gaming division since 2017 isnt enough to keep LBP alive.

All the while you can technically still find matches of COD 2 on 360. A game that came out in 2005. World at War is still up too. I played last year for laughs and still works online and even updates your stats too. So even stat tracking ad leaderboard rankings are still active.

 

[ReBurn]

At least I have the game on disc.

 

[Bernoulli]

Remake the LBP triology and put them on the switch

 

[RyanEvans21]

I guess Sony making $2 billion profit/year in their gaming division since 2017 isnt enough to keep LBP alive.

All the while you can technically still find matches of COD 2 on 360. A game that came out in 2005. World at War is still up too. I played last year for laughs and still works online and even updates your stats too. So even stat tracking ad leaderboard rankings are still active.

Sad for 20 or 40 people playing LBP. Compare to thousand still playing old COD. Even its hacked lobby.

 

[Monkfish877]

Unacceptable, Now I know why online wasn't working when I was trying to play online levels with my niece earlier this year. Sony really has contempt for it's customer base, they really need to be put in their place, screw them.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Modern dev moment

 

[Fahdis]

LOOOOL

 

[Generic]

Terrible. I was about to re-play the game.

 

[bender]

It's not like Sony charges for onlin...oh wait.

 

[Fake]

Online folks keep losing.

 

[Bridges]

Oof. Without the user generated content LBP is a much worse game (the third in particular).

I bought a PS3 over an Xbox for LBP and I bought a PS4 for LBP3. End of an era

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

If Sony's going to do anything with this PC push that would actually be beneficial for their own consoles, they should at least allow a way for console owners to set up private servers of retired online games so they can still play them online, on their console, through their PC using some sort of official app.

That's the idealistic take for game preservation while still retaining that in some function with their own hardware. But I don't think SIE gives a crap.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

If Sony's going to do anything with this PC push that would actually be beneficial for their own consoles, they should at least allow a way for console owners to set up private servers of retired online games so they can still play them online, on their console, through their PC using some sort of official app.

That's the idealistic take for game preservation while still retaining that in some function with their own hardware. But I don't think SIE gives a crap.

I dont think any console maker cares much about game preservation, keeping servers alive forever on their own, or giving gamers access to do their own thing. Once it becomes unworthy keeping the lights on, it's time to turn them off and lock the door.

It seems maybe only Activision out of all the big game companies has long ass servers going on forever.

I'd bet a lot of game studios that focus on PC think the same. But since it's PC, you're going to get guys who know how to mess around and mod games to set up their owners servers and updates. The best bet for Sony game preservation and online is for PC gamers to do that. But the console gamer will left out.

 

[CGNoire]

Im a Huge Dreams user and Im Fucking Scared.

 

[ArtHands]

I guess Sony making $2 billion profit/year in their gaming division since 2017 isnt enough to keep LBP alive.

All the while you can technically still find matches of COD 2 on 360. A game that came out in 2005. World at War is still up too. I played last year for laughs and still works online and even updates your stats too. So even stat tracking ad leaderboard rankings are still active.

They should consider increasing their PS+ further to improve their infrastructure

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Almost ten years, that’s a great run for an online game. Sure some have had better, but many many have had worse.

 

[ByWatterson]

Sucks, but it's been out for a decade and likely hundreds are playing it now, tops.

 

[Goalus]

Im a Huge Dreams user and Im Fucking Scared.

If you have the disc, you'll be safe.

 

[CGNoire]

If you have the disc, you'll be safe.

Im worried we wont be able too share though.

 

[Ceadeus]

I'm sure the latest Nintendo move gave Sony the confidence to go ahead for this decision. Or maybe not this one game particularly, but I can totally see them thinking about closing Ps3 and Psvita.

 

[Robb]

Sucks and very much devalues any future game where they expect user generated content to be the main driver. What’s the point.

 

[ComputerBlue]

I dread the day when this happens The Last of Us.

Sony is garbage at online game preservation.

 

[veterangamerUK]

Unacceptable, Now I know why online wasn't working when I was trying to play online levels with my niece earlier this year. Sony really has contempt for it's customer base, they really need to be put in their place, screw them.

They have no-one to put them in their place, so do what they want and when people complain sit there like the cable guys in South Park with holes in their tshirts rubbing their nipples.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Tbh the situation surrounding this looks to be a bit more complex. Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in the LPB3 servers and since the game is so old most of the people with knowledge on how to patch these exploits are probably long gone... Shame the UGC hosted on the servers will be lost, but at least the game will work offline still.

 

[darrylgorn]

We need to have subscriptions to maintain our servers.

Shuts down servers.

 

[ArtHands]

That’s absolute shit and should be 100% unacceptable.

I mean...there's next to no outrage over this. I am sure most LBP players in neogaf are fine

 

[DaGwaphics]

This probably sucks the most for the creators of the user generated content. Their creations are forever lost.

At least this one didn't get turned off a couple years in.