Dreamcast Phantasy Star Online servers shutting down

[Sqoon]

Sega has announced that they will shut down the online servers for the Dreamcast version of Phantasy Star Online at midnight on September 30. The PSO message boards will close down 24 hours later, on October 1.

People who have already paid in advance for a Hunter's License will get a time extension and recieve credit for the remaining time around November 1.

Source: Gamers.com

[Shine]

, Sucks for Dreamcast players that's for sure.

[OGcritic]

Was bound to happen...

[voltz]

always a classy move by sega, build them up and burn them down.

still, I had a great time while it lasted. Why don't they just send their servers over to gamespy or something?

[Hot Like Wasabi]

The memories of playing until the wee hours of the morning and trying to hit on what I thought was hot girls from Japan. Priceless memories.....

[Shine]

still, I had a great time while it lasted. Why don't they just send their servers over to gamespy or something?

It's probably cost prohibitive.

I wish they'd release info andf let people create their own servers using the DC.

[Tommy Tallarico]

always a classy move by sega, build them up and burn them down.

So exactly how long are they supposed to keep up servers for games that maybe 20 people play, especially when there are superior versions of said game available on 2 other consoles?

[Kidnemo]

Would be cool if some type of open source server solution would arise.

[Jeremy]

I'm stunned it lasted this long.

[Tain]

I could've sworn that I had heard about a complete homebrew server that would be released once this happened. Who knows?

*Goes back to playing the PC version*