• No More Heroes: PSO DC to shut down

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    LollipopLolita
    Published on Aug 28, 2003 10:22 AM
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    Jack writes, "News from Sega.com!

    Beginning October 1, 2003 the online services for Phantasy Star Online Dreamcast version 1 & 2 will be discontinued. The PSO US Dreamcast server (11:US/Oberon) will continue to operate and will be maintained until 9/30/03. However, starting September 30, 2003 at 11:59pm (Japan Time), 7:59am(US Pacific Time), the server will be disconnected and no players will be able to log into the game server.

    The message boards have always been an integral part of the PSO community and they will continue to operate until 10/1/03.

    If you have a valid Hunters License as of October 1, 2003 and after, you will receive credit for the charge against the credit card you used at the time of renewal. This credit will be issued around November 1, 2003.

    Although this has been a difficult business decision, we know it is necessary to allow our valuable production resources to work on new games. 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.     "



    Goodbye PSODC =(

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    Comments 48 Comments
    1. Bleh's Avatar
      Bleh - Aug 29, 2003, 03:51 AM
      Wow. This really is quite a shock. I knew this day was coming, what with the disappearing servers and the shrinking number of players, but I'm still surprised. I also have been with PSO since day one. In fact, PSO is the sole reason I bought a Dreamcast, and PSO is the game that made it money well spent. I'll miss being able to pop in PSO on a whim and going online, not having to worry about monthly fees (no, I never got Ver2... I'm still playing Ver1 to this day). I'll miss the long talks I had with complete strangers, and the nice people I've met and had fun with. End of an era indeed.
    1. Jkid's Avatar
      Jkid - Aug 29, 2003, 08:23 AM
      After all the rumors,I knew it come to this sooner or later. It would be nice if Sonic Team allow us to connect to the JP servers instead of shutting down access to the entire game online(If the Japanese are still playing this version).

      Thanks for the memories.
    1. 's Avatar
      - Aug 29, 2003, 05:21 PM
      ::sniffle::

      Phantasy Star Online Version 1. The game that started the whole legacy of PSO. I knew that this day would come, but I am still a bit saddened by this news. PSO Ver1 started the whole legacy for all of us. I still would pop in PSO DC just for the sake of memory. All the good times...

      First Titania...now everything.

      Goodbye PSO Dreamcast. May the memories live on forever!
    1. BWS-1's Avatar
      BWS-1 - Aug 29, 2003, 10:54 PM
      And I just came back not long about ... I meet new people, darn I think I have half the guild cards of the people playing PSO ver2 nowdays, most of the players out there were good honost players, I'm gonna miss it.

      I don't think I'll be able to deal playing offline to lv200, it's so ... lonely out there; probably the best virtual representation of what ''Hell'' might be, as discribed in the Bible ... dark and lonely ... a real eternal curse

      ._.
    1. Vic_Viper's Avatar
      Vic_Viper - Aug 30, 2003, 09:43 AM
      Seems like that affects only US V1/V2 Server.

      THERE IS NOTHING on that subject at

      http://pso.dricas.ne.jp

      So importers are not going to lose PSODC (yet)
    1. 's Avatar
      - Aug 30, 2003, 09:53 AM
      Fools... absolute FOOLS!
    1. 's Avatar
      - Aug 31, 2003, 09:43 AM
      big deal..need to shut that hacked game anyway...i was on it since day one and ever since that gameshark and codebreaker had to come and wreck it pso dc has become a big joke im glad its going maybe those hackers can get a real life and leave r games alone...and u all act like pso is shutting down completly...spite yea i also had lots of good times on pso dc but u gotta realize..u can make new times on the newer versions...once u dumfukks go back to dc ur sure as shyt ull get vk'd or sum other shyt that makes u lose ur char u worked on for so long..plus its not worth going online since they banned half the weps in the game...which really made no sense to do
    1. 's Avatar
      - Aug 31, 2003, 04:35 PM
      I guess I'll be downloading all the download quests I have never done. I've been online with the game for over 6 months and barely scratched the surface of the possibilities! I shall miss it and my acuaintances online. Glad I didn't buy a keyboard! I'd have been PO'd

      Kap

      PS I'll be taking boogerina or t'morin out, my two oldest and legit characters.
    1. Ethan's Avatar
      Ethan - Sep 1, 2003, 07:39 AM
      wtf! if there are 1200 users on pso gc, then there must be more on the dc. times that by the hunters licence cost (im presuming its £6 a month) and the are making alot of profit. 7200 pounds a month has to be worth it so users can still enjoy a brilliant game.

      first pso 3, now this sega. no wonder you lost the consol war
    1. ShadowRune's Avatar
      ShadowRune - Sep 1, 2003, 01:02 PM
      Yeah, I remimber the DC days, truly the best out of the 3 versions... sad to hear it going.
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 1, 2003, 06:57 PM
      This suks y do sonicteam has to take away psodc it was da best ever game that i played when i first got my dc i hav loads of memories of ppl i chatted and played with Now i hav 2 try and get a gcpso which really suks.
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 2, 2003, 05:34 AM
      Not true. Notice how it also states that by October, it'll all be gone. Meaning even Sega of Japan and Sega of Europe will be shutting down the PSO Dreamcast servers. Though it's very sad to see it go..it also proves that everyone either moved on or shifted to the next console versions. I just logged out right now to see the following:

      US Ships: 10 Users, 2 Teams

      JP Ships: 20 Users, 9 Teams

      EU Ships: 6 Users, 3 Teams

      So these servers are pretty much empty..sadly. If anything, they should at least allow anyone who wants to host the servers to do so if they pay for it considering there's still people playing. But oh well.

      Good bye Dreamcast PSO..thank you for the memories.

      R.I.P Dreamcast PSO 2000-2003
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 2, 2003, 05:38 AM
      They banned the items cause most of them were aquired through the Code Breaker when they were planned for future quests. But because of the outbreak with cheating, Sonic Team called it quits and stopped updating PSO on Dreamcast. As for the cheating, I just logged off from a 16 hour session and haven't been touched by anyone who was a cheater. It's become quite tame lately. So now most of the people on are legit.

      And people like myself are sad to see it go because it could have also been their first online gaming experience. I made alot of friends over the years and to see them vanish one by one until I was left alone playing is pretty depressing.
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 2, 2003, 05:40 AM
      Actually..the amount of users is far greater than that. In the guild cards, it tells you what user number everyone is (including yourself). I'm pretty sure Dreamcast had far more people who registered, but far less playing right now compared to GameCube and Xbox.
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 2, 2003, 04:28 PM
      im glad someone else feels the same way about offline play as i do
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 2, 2003, 04:33 PM
      im gonna miss it, i played pso dc from day one, luckily i quit a few months after mass NOLing and such got out of control, so all of my memories are happy ones, hey dc vets, remember when there was no such thing as duping, you were amazed and actually laughed the first time someone pulled out an akiko's frying pan, and the lavis cannon really was just a myth?
    1. oculin's Avatar
      oculin - Sep 2, 2003, 07:11 PM
      no it was true.....heh.........i wonder how many ppl will be mad when they shut down the GCN one heh that wont be a pretty site but i hope in pso plus they will have a way 2 stop the shop dupe heh maybe they should make it so the lady jus keeps walkin the same way instead of walkin forward a bit........it will make it look a little un relistic but it would be better....................BTW im not sayin they are im jus sayin it would be cool if they did heh............well i guess im jus kinda bored now lol ................................well uhh im gonna do sum thin else reply if u wanna i guess.....maybe i shoulda wrote this in a more popular subject that ppl are sayin stuff on...o well see yas
    1. 's Avatar
      - Sep 7, 2003, 08:01 PM
      i am really gonna miss DC and all my friends on DC...


      $#KiNg#$

    1. oculin's Avatar
      oculin - Sep 9, 2003, 06:39 PM
      hmm?

    1. TinyD's Avatar
      TinyD - Sep 13, 2003, 03:59 PM
      All those long winter nights spent on the Dreamcast...

      Happy memories.

      And now, finally and forever more, it comes to an end.

      Now that I read in black and white that it is coming to a definite end, it makes me wonder how real was it? The unseen friends, the times we shared together, are only memories now. And here I am, sitting in my little area of reality, mourning the loss of friends that I shared the best of times with but never really even knew.

      Sigh.

      Well, all good things must come to an end (or so I'm told), but I think that before those fleeting images vanish from my TV screen forever, I'll get out my old Dreamcast from its sleepy corner of the attic and spend just a little while on the game we all fell in love with those few years ago.

      Perhaps I will see you there too, looking around the world we used to explore together, just, like me, to have one last look around the quickly fading landscape ?

      Le roi est mort...

      Vive le roi !
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