SoulUnison
Banned
This is one of those services I assumed would just stay online as long as "Playstation" was still a thing.
If Dreams is based on the same idea of content creation and sharing, moves like this would put me off ever going near it.
There's nothing to figure out, servers a real, physical objects that cost money to maintain. If the money just isn't their to keep it running them you shut it down and move it too another game. This is 100% a publisher thing and devs have no control over it.
I finished the online portion for LBP Karting this past weekend
Just to clarify a couple of things...
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) are shutting down their online services for the LittleBigPlanet titles on July 31st.
This shut down will only affect players that are playing LittleBigPlanet using a Japanese version of the game.
The rest of the world will be unaffected by this and the LittleBigPlanet servers will continue to operate normally for the rest of the LittleBigPlanet player base.
The LittleBigPlanet servers are not affected by this.
They are global and service all players across the world.
What is being shut down by Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) are their online services for the LittleBigPlanet series.
This includes but is not limited to...
Update/Patch Distribution, Moderation, Localisation, Testing, Marketing, PS Store Support, Customer Service Support, etc... For players within their region and only their region.
Whilst the LittleBigPlanet servers will continue to be live; without Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) Online Services providing such things as the necessary update distribution, localisation, testing, etc... that are required for LittleBigPlanet to run effectively.
It would very shortly reach a point where the LittleBigPlanet servers would be unable to continue to support SIEJA players because they would not be kept up-to-date with the rest of the world.
This is why the LittleBigPlanet server and the rest of the world will be unaffected because those services will continue to be supported within those regions.
Just to reiterate a couple things previously mentioned our LBP Community manager previously in this thread, here's a couple of his posts on LBPCentral regarding the Japanese service shutdown: http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sh...hutting-Down&p=1227105&viewfull=1#post1227105
LBP in other regions is still going strong. LBP Japanese services shutdown are a SIE Japan decision and does not affect other regions. Also, you'll still be able to access levels made by the Japanese players even after the service shutdown.
But LittleBigKarting is still going down in the west, right?
Also could you check with United Front on the trophies stats on LBPK.me? Because me and a few other people have been spending literally 6+ hours over the weekend trying to get each other to connect in-game and get wins for the online champ AND 100 plays, and the stats say we have 30+ wins online and/or 100+ wins online and still no achievement unlock. It's really bizarre and apparently a known issue since the game launched.
Thing is a lot of the cool levels I've played in LBP are from Japanese content creators. Surely this is going to have an effect on the standard of the community scene :/
Shame but still hoping the series continues to be supported globally... still a bit worrying even after reassurances.
BTW, Sony has LBP Portable scheduled to be shut down on July 31st and Karting to be shut down on August 31st in NA/EU regions.
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/gameservers/
https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/games/littlebigplanet-karting-ps3/
That list says Resistance: Retribution under Vita.
Do they mean Retribution on PSP, or Burning Skies on Vita?
Yeah, it's still going down. I'll check with the team and see what can be done about the stats.
I honestly have no idea. However according to PSNProfiles people have been earning the multiplayer trophy for Burning Skies since at least July 3rd 2016 (http://psnprofiles.com/trophy/1448-Resistance-Burning-Skies/25-Incite) so I assume they mean Retribution on PSP.
I guess that they asked "where are the players?" and took the decision from that. Suck for the handfull(?) of people who still plays those games though.I thought Sony was "For the Players"
Guess not, this is not a good sign at all
Ive been playing a lot of LBPK lately. I just bought it like 2 weeks ago. Anyone wanna try and get to gether a bunch of people for a last harah?
What are the best levels to check out. Any cool neogaf created levels?
And aren't most of those games not even server hosted but P2P?
Nice theme and execution for both. Will give the karting level a shot before time runs out.I am a bit sad to see the servers for LBP psp and LBP Karting go. Here are a couple of things I made for both:
Pet Sackboy Kitchen Race
video: https://youtu.be/PGWWk6Dpxu0
Pet Sackboy
video: https://youtu.be/OoO2PrDDrDU
I also need two more people to play my level in LBP Karting. Search for my PSN ID poodude and play the level "One second Online champ"
Alternatively you can add the level to your queue through the LBPK website. https://karting.lbp.me/v/11fz6 <---- Sony hasn't renewed the website's security certificate, presumably because of the server shutdown, so you might get a warning message.
Just played it
PS+ price increase revenue being put to work already... Oh wait.
Shutting down the service of a PS4 game from 2014, as well as games that completely rely on online and are still alive (LBP2 at least). It's also one of Sony's most iconic series currently and a lot of people actually like and play it. They just don't give a shit about their IPs either.
#4theplayers.
PS+ price increase revenue being put to work already... Oh wait.
Shutting down the service of a PS4 game from 2014, as well as games that completely rely on online and are still alive (LBP2 at least). It's also one of Sony's most iconic series currently and a lot of people actually like and play it. They just don't give a shit about their IPs either.
#4theplayers.
I always enjoyed the LBP franchise and I feel Sony kinda let it die.
PS+ price increase revenue being put to work already... Oh wait.
Shutting down the service of a PS4 game from 2014, as well as games that completely rely on online and are still alive (LBP2 at least). It's also one of Sony's most iconic series currently and a lot of people actually like and play it. They just don't give a shit about their IPs either.
#4theplayers.
It's only bloody japan. How many times do I have to say this, no one plays lbp in japan at least not anymore. Lbp3 sold less than 1000 copies in japan.
Do they not have to pay for PS+?
Oh sweet! Never heard of this and they even brought back the 'Dive In' feature and other nice changes and additions that's coolOh and, as a matter of fact, in the West Sony and Sumo Digital just gave LittleBigPlanet 3 a major UI update and new content this month, even thouh the game seems barely active. But curiously no thread was created, as it seems more fun to bump this one.
What does it have to do with the closure of LBP ?
Only 3 days left for the Karting servers folks
Would appreciate if people could play my level just to get it to the required 10 players for the trophy
It literally takes seconds to finish, it's one of those that everyone's copied just for trophy requirements
PSN ID: Vashetti
level is called '1 sec copyable + 10 plays'
Thanks!
Oh and, as a matter of fact, in the West Sony and Sumo Digital just gave LittleBigPlanet 3 a major UI update and new content this month, even thouh the game seems barely active. But curiously no thread was created, as it seems more fun to bump this one.
What does it have to do with the closure of LBP ?