[Ocin]

Well, I've been playing PSU for a while now, and it seems like the only server that ever receives traffic is Server 2, and that saddens me greatly. It makes me think that maybe, just maybe, every other fan of the game is on an entirely different set of servers. So, just out of curiosity, I want to know the following:

How populated are the servers in comparison to PC/PS2?

Are there many 1337 h4x0rz?

In comparison to PC/Ps2, how often are the servers updated, and how well are they run?

Does Sega just care about the X-Box 360 Servers like the big ol' meanies they are?

[ilovetypemoon]

You know, as much I hate to admit it, I'm getting sick of the state of the PC/PS2 servers. The population I had hoped would increase with the release of AotI is starting to dwindle back into pre-expansion numbers. The recent hacking chaos sure isn't helping the matter at all. More people will drop out of the game because of it. Sega sure isn't putting even one cent into promoting the game. Stores don't even sell it anymore. It's like sailing on a ship with a tiny hole on the bottom where water gradually leaks in. I really can't see a long-term future with PC/PS2 PSU anymore. I love this game and would like to continue playing for a long time and it seems like switching to the 360 server is the only way but that would mean I would have to purchase an expensive console and throw away hundreds of hours I put into the PC version.

/baww

[Rayokarna]

I've just come out of the war zone of the offical forums still smelling of scourched soot due to this topic. Trust me, this is one topic not to worry about but saying that, this aint the offical forums. Lets just say They have a bigger population but not all of that population has common sense. About 8/10 of the 360 population are good but the PS2/PC side of things lack the server security.

[DrAcid]

haha...the big difference is the human connection.On xbox, I feel more connected to people when im talking to six ppl real time...not like *type message* *wait*type message**wait* like on the hacked pc.The xbox version is pretty much just how a substitute world would work...with a character to represent someone...and that character has a distinct voice and personality that u can interact with any way you see fit...like a next gen voice chat room....and for anyone that ive come across on xbox without a mic knows i get mad cuz if u dont use the mic ur deffinatley not playing the game to its max...

[Ocin]

Well, okay, but I already know about Voice-Chat. How are the servers?

[Mewnie]

if Sega ever does pull the plug on the PC/PS2 servers, they damn well better offer to transfer characters over.

Like hell I'd start all over from scratch |3 I'd have to shell out for a 360 as well.

[Turbobrain]

Taking bets on when this will get too heated, the personal then locked. I am thinking at post number 9?

Of course though the PC/PS2 server is better just becuase.... everyone knows that ppl on 360 suck, has bad breath and poor personal hygeine.

Thats about, the er, smartest arguement I think.

Seriously SAME game. If you have a decent games PC it looks nicer in my VERY limited experience of PSU 360(1280*1024, 0 frame skip, running forums in the background...).... PC platform is always cited by 360 users as having a lot of hacked items(ancient history but our econmy is certainly 'different') and 360 users will always cite having voice chat.... which is totally do-able(and has been done via dedicated server). However, my experience on XBOX PSO is mainly such that voice chat is not that usefull. Oh yes they have a larger 'community'(I use that word losely) and they seem to get more free decs and real spears than us.

PC/PS2 peeps will point out that they feel that we have a 'better' community, are more 'hardcore' and I would argue that the PC version looks and sounds much nicer on MOST PC's(again IMO), of course we can take screenshots. Bear in mind the biggest PSU community is actually based on PC/PS2(the Japanese server).

Really though it's the SAME game, you get nice people and assholes on both platforms... there just(from what 360 people tell me) seem to be a LOT of them on 360. I may WELL have gone 360 but most of the people I knew from XBOX PSO, PSOBB and PSO went to PC which says a lot.

[DrAcid]

On 2007-12-31 18:54, Mewnie wrote:
if Sega ever does pull the plug on the PC/PS2 servers, they damn well better offer to transfer characters over.

Like hell I'd start all over from scratch |3 I'd have to shell out for a 360 as well.

PC server is hacked anarchy. i got banned like, 3 weeks into playing the pc version either by a gm for saying a hacking clans name, or by a hacker in the clan...thats how sophisticated the hacks were even back then i suppose...the xbox servers are somewhat clean...and nobody makes public attack on the wellbeing of the game like on pc...it almost feels like hackers purposley attacked the pc to high hell just to get ppl to get off...and it worked...

[Elley]

The only differences are positive, I'm afraid. I've played on both PS2 and 360 servers, and I'm telling you, 360 is MUCH better. There is no hacking thus prices are extremely affordable for everything. I don't really need to say this, but the 360 servers have WAY WAY WAY WAAAAAY more people than the PS2/PC servers. Unis 1 and 2 are full on a nightly basis.

The community on the 360 is fine. People only say it's "better on the PS2/PC" servers is because they're trying to find an excuse to warrant their decision. That's all. The people that play PSU on both 360 and PS2/PC alike are the same variety you'd find in any online game. 360's servers just have MORE of everything. More good people, more bad people, more goofy people, more quiet people, more loud people, ect... It's retarded to say one community is "better" than the other. There is no "quantity vs quality" issue some of the people stuck on the barren PS2/PC servers would like you to believe.

Here is the US, the 360 has the best version mainly due to its high population combined with a secure network. I'm sorry, but there just isn't any competition on the matter.



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[Ocin]

I'm just asking about how the servers are run. o_o;