PlanetSide Arena Shutting Down Next Month [Dec 13, 2019, 9:01 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Daybreak Games announces
the sun is setting on PlanetSide Arena, saying servers for the
free-to-play MMOFPS will shut down on January 10th. As of today all DLC and
currency purchase options are no longer available, and they say that all players
who made real-money purchases can keep their goods while the game remains
playable, but that they will receive full refunds in their Steam Wallets once
the game ends for good. Here's more on what's happening from Executive Producer
Andy Sites:
After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down PlanetSide Arena servers.
While our team set out with an ambitious vision for a game that combined the massive-scale combat and camaraderie of PlanetSide through a diverse collection of new game modes, it has become clear after several months in Early Access that our population levels make it impossible to sustain the gameplay experience we envisioned.
As a result, PlanetSide Arena will formally shut down servers on January 10th, 2020 at 5:00 PM (PST). We are actively working with Steam to ensure that all players who made purchases during Early Access will automatically receive a full refund to their Steam Wallet after servers shut down in January.
Thank you again for your loyalty and support during Beta and Early Access. Your feedback was invaluable, and your enduring passion for PlanetSide remains the bedrock our community is built upon. As painful as it is to close this chapter so quickly, we remain deeply committed to this franchise, and look forward to continuing this journey through the PlanetSide Universe with all of you.
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Beamer wrote on Dec 14, 2019, 16:53:
Wow, a 250v250 game that typically had about 20-30 people on. That map must have felt mighty empty and unplayable
Or like a single-player game?
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Wow, a 250v250 game that typically had about 20-30 people on. That map must have felt mighty empty and unplayable
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Re: PlanetSide Arena Shutting Down Next Month
Dec 14, 2019, 11:02
Dec 14, 2019, 11:02
The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2019, 22:58:
Take Planetside 1. Apply Planetside 2 graphics. Done.
That would be amazing.
The Half Elf wrote on Dec 14, 2019, 01:01:1badmf wrote on Dec 14, 2019, 00:40:The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2019, 22:58:
Take Planetside 1. Apply Planetside 2 graphics. Done.
umm isnt' that just planetside 2?!?
Nooooooo not quite.
Not by a long shot. In a narrow corridor. In an epic base defence.
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NKD wrote on Dec 14, 2019, 02:30:
I don't understand how these guys are still in business. What, exactly, is making them any money?
Wikipedia says Everquest 1 & 2, DC Universe Online, LOTR Online, and D&D Online, plus they still have their zombie BR game and PlanetSide 2. But they've been laying off tons of people in the past couple years (writing was on the wall for PS Arena a couple months ago).
I don't understand how these guys are still in business. What, exactly, is making them any money?
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
Re: PlanetSide Arena Shutting Down Next Month
Dec 14, 2019, 01:01
Dec 14, 2019, 01:01
1badmf wrote on Dec 14, 2019, 00:40:The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2019, 22:58:
Take Planetside 1. Apply Planetside 2 graphics. Done.
umm isnt' that just planetside 2?!?
Nooooooo not quite.
The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2019, 22:58:
Take Planetside 1. Apply Planetside 2 graphics. Done.
umm isnt' that just planetside 2?!?
Re: PlanetSide Arena Shutting Down Next Month
Dec 13, 2019, 22:58
Dec 13, 2019, 22:58
Take Planetside 1. Apply Planetside 2 graphics. Done.
Overon wrote on Dec 13, 2019, 22:14:
Everyone was predicting this. All the Planetside players were like "we don't want a battle royale game"
And now their demands are answered.
The most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
Everyone was predicting this. All the Planetside players were like "we don't want a battle royale game, the market is overly saturated with them."
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This comment was edited on Dec 13, 2019, 22:46.
It's pretty sad when a game still in early access is shutting down. But I guess that's a good thing. Daybreak probably realized from the reception that there was little chance they would be able to put in a larger audience for it to be sustainable.
This is the second game in Daybreak's history to such down before release. The first was EverQuest Next and EQ Landmark. Daybreak shut down Next and turned Landmark into a Minecraft clone. Ever since they left SOE, Daybreak's track record has been abysmal.
This is the second game in Daybreak's history to such down before release. The first was EverQuest Next and EQ Landmark. Daybreak shut down Next and turned Landmark into a Minecraft clone. Ever since they left SOE, Daybreak's track record has been abysmal.
The most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
Re: PlanetSide Arena Shutting Down Next Month
Dec 13, 2019, 21:18
Dec 13, 2019, 21:18
Daybreak is one failure after another. Just close your studio and quit please for all of us
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