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WinkerPeeper

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:40 am

EA Japan to discontinue service of the LucasArts game; problematic sci-fi MMORPG to continue in US, Europe.

While American fans of the PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars Galaxies eagerly await tomorrow's release of the game's next expansion pack, Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan, SWG players in a region far, far away are feeling a disturbance in The Force.

On its Web site, Electronic Arts Japan, the game's Japanese publisher, is reporting that it is discontinuing its support for Star Wars Galaxies in the country. Apparently, Japanese gamers who wish to continue on will have their accounts transferred to American or European servers, which remain unaffected.

This isn't the first time the Sony Online Entertainment game has disappointed fans. In addition to bringing the ire of several (perhaps overzealous) fans over support issues, uproar over a recent update(publish 22)nearly started an online boycott of the game. The issue was eventually resolved, with SOE scrapping the planned update.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136964.html

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Calel_Haven

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:47 am

#2

Obviosuly there wasnt enough Japanese players to justify it.

The Japanese were always smart people.

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WinkerPeeper

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:51 am

#3

Calel_Haven wrote:

Obviosuly there wasnt enough Japanese players to justify it.

The Japanese were always smart people.

There must have been originally. I wonder what happened. What could have made so many leave that not ret even retaining one Japanese server was viable?

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TajPale

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:56 am

#4

Japan was one of their big accounts. Hey Dev's get the HINT a whole country of SWG players have stopped playing due to your nerf wars against the jedi!

Ebonfire

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:57 am

#5

A lot of people in the US play this game simply because its Star Wars, and they can deal with whatever changes come down the pipelines. This game is locked into the crafter dominant player economy, and the bracketed level based combat system. Most people who are MMOers before Star Wars fans have left because this game can't compete with games that have more then 10,000 lootable items, and character levels that can be increasedeach expansion.

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Calel_Haven

Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:58 am

#6

I told you, they're smarter than us

While we keep giving SOE more chances, they dont.

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Bountyzhunter

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:40 am

#7

this is *very* bad news folks, EA still supports japanese and asian UO servers, but they are canning SWG? Might want to put that Jedi account on ebay while its still worth soemthing.

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Lotussutol

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:46 am

#8

wow...that is pretty big news...

Lazzaro15

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:49 am

#9

Uo which is 9 years old almost still going and SWG is about 2 1/2 and is out.

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Could this be the begining of the end?

iskareot

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:57 am

#10

Sony having issues in it's native land.. ok that is bad lol.

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In the context of new development methods adopted within the past year by the studio responsible for Star Wars Galaxies, which a year ago saw several drastic changes to the game-world's overall experience, SOE's John Blakely and Todd Fiala issued a warning: "Don't make our mistakes."

SpunkyKuma

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:58 am

#11

If Japanese servers are shutting down, that clearly means they weren't getting enough business out of them and that's not a good sign since Japan is HUGE on games.

And UGH I hope EA doesn't sign with LA if LA bumps off SOE, EA ruined BF1942 which started out as a great game and many of their recent games aren't all that successful aside BF2 and obviously the sport series.

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Load81

Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:59 am

#12

OMG OMG THE SKY IS FALLING !!!!11111

Quote from Ackehece (Rifleman Correspondent):

"SWG Japan also was not SOE/LA

It was EA/LA

They are more being folded into the SOE system and EA is leaving the game. That is the big difference.

not really being shut down but brought into one house again.

The SOE in europe and americas and EA in japan and asia was stupid to begin with."

freak88

Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:00 am

#13

the cu downgrade and every publish since. if youyr in love with the cu, then you are in the minority.

a pre cu grinded full temp jedi talking to a post cu any profession , is like a hore talking to a virgin. the virgin just wont get it, because a virgin cant talk about or miss, what they never have.

honestly, who cares about this game anymore????

i think most of us are just waiting on the release of all the new games coming. this game was DOA with the cu.

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