When are the servers shutting down?

[Klængur Thoroddsen]

Hello,

When are the ps2 servers going to be shuting down forever?

Thanks,

[Black_Fox]

Oh, that will be somewhere after the 28th October, 2023 without any set date.
Joke aside, why should we know that?

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Klængur Thoroddsen:

Hello,

When are the ps2 servers going to be shuting down forever?

Thanks,

Probably depends if that "outfit wars" thing has enough people or not.

[LightningPete]

Ive not heard that happening at all. Where did you hear that.

[Host Migration]

I'd also like to know how long a piece of string is too

[Waldherz]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by Klængur Thoroddsen:

Hello,

When are the ps2 servers going to be shuting down forever?

Thanks,

Probably depends if that "outfit wars" thing has enough people or not.

Never took parts in those and I dont see a single half way decent reason to bother with it.

[Thwartgorgon75]

I mean the game is not dead yet and servers only shut down sometime after that soo... quite a long time Id say.

[DarkRey]

First thing that will happen is the US and EU server will merge. US servers will merge before EU servers and when the pop of the servers drop to like 200-300 thats when the servers might shut off.

[TbY]

3 servers across 3 continents will be fine but they need to get on with it NOW before its too late

[Dakone]

Originally posted by Klængur Thoroddsen:

Hello,

When are the ps2 servers going to be shuting down forever?

Thanks,

Be op was the kid in the back asking if we are there yet..

[ZexMaxwell]

Originally posted by Klængur Thoroddsen:

Hello,

When are the ps2 servers going to be shuting down forever?

Thanks,

the servers are dead when the publisher tells sunsets them.

[JVonD]

Steam charts say about 1k average players with 1.8k peak. Then you add in the players who use the official client. You also have to divide the players by the number of servers.

They reduced the server cap not so long ago to try to get more people to sub and pay $15 a month (again) since most people were instantly getting into maps without paying, but the developers gave the same excuse it was to "improve performance" which was only a side effect and most dont notice a performance difference. This had the opposite effect of people leaving the game for something else FTP and/or not so neglected. The game still has about the same performance when the server cap was 2000.

They will sunset the servers when the population gets to the point nobody needs to sub anymore to get into battles at prime time and we are dangerously close to that now.

[Mojave Ranger]

I wanna comeback but I know I shouldn't.

[Noobgtx980]

its like wanna cume now but you shouldnt. welcome back in min2 days :D

[Victor]

Originally posted by DreilDrag:

They reduced the server cap not so long ago to try to get more people to sub and pay $15 a month (again) since most people were instantly getting into maps without paying, but the developers gave the same excuse it was to "improve performance" which was only a side effect and most dont notice a performance difference. This had the opposite effect of people leaving the game for something else FTP and/or not so neglected. The game still has about the same performance when the server cap was 2000.
. . .

So that is the real reason why they pulled that crap, okay I understand better now.
I Knew it was a crock of nonsense to lower the server caps when overall pop is less by... literally thousands than it has been able to sustain in the past.

Well it's not going to be good for the game in the long run for sure, an mmofps like Planetside persists long term off of player number momentum, and you gain players by letting them participate in battles to scales that are unique to planetside.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by DreilDrag:

Steam charts say about 1k average players with 1.8k peak. Then you add in the players who use the official client. You also have to divide the players by the number of servers.

They reduced the server cap not so long ago to try to get more people to sub and pay $15 a month (again) since most people were instantly getting into maps without paying, but the developers gave the same excuse it was to "improve performance" which was only a side effect and most dont notice a performance difference. This had the opposite effect of people leaving the game for something else FTP and/or not so neglected. The game still has about the same performance when the server cap was 2000.

They will sunset the servers when the population gets to the point nobody needs to sub anymore to get into battles at prime time and we are dangerously close to that now.

https://ps2.fisu.pw/population/?world=0 Use the right site.