Calling All Cars Servers To Be Shutdown

BulletToothtony - 47 days 19 hours ago

there were some really good hardcore players.. but yeah.. at least we'll be able to play offline with my friends, which for those who haven't played the game it's really fun to play offline..

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MEsoJD - 47 days 17 hours ago

my first psn purchase along time ago. Shame that the servers are being

shut down but I doubt you can find a match online these days.

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Syronicus - 47 days 17 hours ago

Had a blast playing this game back when it was released. Too bad the servers must come down but when nobody is playing it... Then there is no reason to even bother with the servers. The game is officially dead online.

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Shadow Flare - 47 days 16 hours ago

This was a brilliant game. One of my best memories was winning a game online against 3 others driving completely in reverse

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Scar 360WA - 47 days 16 hours ago

I tried to tell people this would happen eventually on PSN. This why I pay for Live. As long as Live is around games will always be playable no matter how old they are, except EA games.

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SprSynJn - 47 days 15 hours ago

I doubt that Microsoft keeps every game server operational despite it not being played. Have they made a promise to their customers stating so? If not, then I wouldn't count on them not shutting down servers in the future.

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creeping judas - 47 days 15 hours ago

XBL is peer to peer, therefore there are no servers for MS to shut down.

I wish PSN had an option for P2P.

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Alcohog - 47 days 14 hours ago

Most PS3 games have dedicated servers these days, jacko.

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twoheadedturtle - 47 days 13 hours ago

First off, I went online in that game a few times in the past couple months. There would be 0 to 2 people online max. Shutting down the servers might effect like 100 people tops in the entire world lol. And why would I pay Live to use my bandwith? I agree Sony should allow the p2p as an OPTION though.

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likedamaster - 47 days 10 hours ago

Further proof that if you ain't sucking on Sony's tit you make it on that platform.

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Scar 360WA - 47 days 10 hours ago

I don't care if only two people are online at a time I own this game and now I fell like it would pointless to keep it on my HDD. Just so you know P2P servers still use matchmaking servers to connect players. Calling All Cars didn't even use dedicated servers.
Judas you have no clue what your talking about.

What are you people going say when its a game you actually care about?

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JoySticksFTW - 46 days 16 hours ago

Am I the only one who got a little nervous when logging into Demon's Souls to see that disclaimer that servers could be shut down Spring 2010 should Atlus decide?

It freaks me out a bit to know that the DS experience as I know it - Blue Phantom help, Black Phantom break-ins, helpful player messages, and instant health boosts via players recommending you messages - could end as early as next year. DS offline is not the same game.

I might actually pay to play DS online -- whether for dedicated servers, or a cheaper price for match-making servers and P2P gaming.

Now I only have a 360 silver account. I don't need a gold as all of my friends own PS3's and the online gaming is free. Suddenly paying for the privilege to play Demon's Souls online would make me a hypocrite.

And if I'd pay for one game, uh oh...

Enter the PSN Platinum member account. Only $25 - $50 dollars a year

Dangerous stuff...

Now, I realize that if Demon's Souls servers shut down - it would be later than sooner. And considering DS is getting amazing reviews and the game is selling more copies than Atlus anticipated, I'm even willing to bet that the servers won't shut down until Demon's Souls successor comes along. But it does make you think...

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Scar 360WA - 46 days 15 hours ago

I never read the disclaimer on DS, I really hope they don't shut them down that soon its great of a game.

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El_Colombiano - 47 days 10 hours ago

Problem in your logic. Nobody. I mean absolutely nobody are on the servers. Ever.

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Real Gambler - 47 days 16 hours ago

I guess you forgot the uproar when EA decided to pull the plug on their "old" Madden and other sports games (basically, pulling the plug for games that were only 2 or 3 years old so they could sell more recent versions of their own sport games). I remember people claiming it was impossible because they were paying for Live, and thought all the servers on the 360 were under Microsoft's control.

Even if I was not playing it anymore, I'm sad to see this game go. I also think it's the first PSN game I bought!

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Real Gambler - 47 days 16 hours ago

EA pulled the servers on "old" sports games, basically forcing people to buy new versions of their old licences again, and again. I remember people who got mad because they were paying $50 a year for Live but could not longer play a 3 years old Madden online!

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Scar 360WA - 47 days 16 hours ago

EA forced MS to allow them to control their own servers so don't blame MS for EA being A$$holes.

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cheapndirty - 47 days 12 hours ago

The only game that has servers shut off are the EA sport games.And that is because EA requires everyone to login to their servers. When they hit 3 years EA shuts the servers off.

The next server going down on XBL is a dedicated server for Chromehounds. That will happen in January 2010.

Aside from these two all xbox and xbox 36o games will have online forever. That is one advantage of p2p.

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Blaster_Master - 47 days 16 hours ago

The game sucked. I cant believe David Jaffe actually made this game? It makes me worried about how good his next game is gonna be.

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Real Gambler - 47 days 13 hours ago

So basically, if you want the same experience, Calling all Cars qualify, since now, it still works as any old NES games would. No online but still a fun game to play with friends.

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siyrobbo - 47 days 12 hours ago

Would be a lot better if a game started with dedicated servers, then after a while switched to p2p

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cheapndirty - 47 days 9 hours ago

Yup. I can play all of my original xbox games online still. I threw on Sega Gt from 2003 last week just to see if I could(sure can). I like that XBL will always be that way. Sorry to say. But XBL is still the best. I will gladly pay for it to know that I will always be abe to enjoy all of the features of any game I buy.
Sony really needs to have dedicated and p2p so people dont get stuck with a game with only part of its features.

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cheapndirty - 47 days 9 hours ago

I like that fact that I will always be able to play ANY of my games online FOREVER. p2p guarantees that.

Keep in mind that for every dedicated server game you buy for the ps3 or from psn that one day you will not be able to play it online anymore. Do you care about that? If you dont then PSN is perfectly fine for you.

I have about 500 or so games. I want to know that I can play these games online whenever I want. Again it all depends on what is important to you.

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cheapndirty - 47 days 5 hours ago

You are missing the point,and the big picture. I used that old, dumb game as an example. You clearly missed it.

XBL uses p2p for may of its games. Something the dedicated Sony crowd loves to mention. There is an advantage to this for many games. I dont need to spell that out for you do I?

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cheapndirty - 47 days 5 hours ago

Dont you have anything else better to do than make duplicate accounts? Are you here to 'bubble' your 'real' account up?

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Pope_John_Paul_II - 47 days 18 hours ago

http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

yea about that.

certain games get shut down all the time due to their unpopularity Mart.

heres another one:

http://www.wired.com/gameli...

BTW calling all cars doesnt have a big online community such as Resistance or Warhawk.

@thereapersson

He makes Europeans look really dumb.

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thereapersson - 47 days 18 hours ago

I know you have to be kidding; you just HAVE to be trolling this zone with that comment. There's no way you could be that dumb, right?

edit:

Every country in the world contains dumb people; It's the nature of humans, after all.

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TheTeam06 - 47 days 17 hours ago

I really don't think you can be that... uhh... "unsmart".

Halo 2 is online because that's all anyone used to play on Xbox Live. It's still very active, so why would they shut it down. Warhawk and Resistance is still very active, meaning those will stay online for a while.

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PLAYstar - 47 days 17 hours ago

mart mart mart, it is about time you jump out of that dusty stinky box and experience what is true gaming.

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TheDeadMetalhead - 47 days 17 hours ago

http://www.n4g.com/PopUpPag...
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TheMART at Xboxkings - 47 days 17 hours ago

@ the dudes above

Saying Halo 2 is still online because its very active... So why is for example PGR2 also still online, it isn't the most active community on a game ever you know.

@ pope

You had to search hard, very hard for some games that didn't have own servers online anymore like Phantasy Star online, right?

Calling all Cars was said to be Jaffe's next great game, after he left the God of War team. So... Its not dumb at all. Its a pretty recent game and because every gamedeveloper runs its own servers on every online game, its more likely to get shut down because its not viable for them anymore.

While XBL overall is an independent system and has just a few like Phantasy Star Online that run their own servers in the background that get shut down because the games are pretty sh!tty also and not bought and played a lot.

For PSN its more likely that games get shut down soonish, 3 years after its launch for certain games that are on the market for years and aren't so populair anymore, but still played by decent amount of people. Its just a fact, and Pope you can make it seem dumb, but it is reality, you just like to close your eyes and make this fact looks invalid while it doesn't. Get your act straight.

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thereapersson - 47 days 16 hours ago

There's no way that those two games (for example, obviously) would be shut down any time soon. Calling All Cars' online mode has been rather dead for a while, and it doesn't make sense to support something that only draws a rare few players every so often, does it?

Both Warhawk AND the first Resistance BOTH garner great numbers to this very day. Then again, you wouldn't know anything about those games, considering you don't play them. You might own a PS3, but your ability to form an opinion on anything PS3-related should be considered a huge freaking joke.

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Pope_John_Paul_II - 47 days 15 hours ago

more excuses mart?

"For PSN its more likely that games get shut down soonish, 3 years after its launch for certain games that are on the market for years and aren't so populair anymore, but still played by decent amount of people. Its just a fact, and Pope you can make it seem dumb, but it is reality, you just like to close your eyes and make this fact looks invalid while it doesn't. Get your act straight."

right, my eyes are closed. its no wonder I've havent achieved any big milestone at the Vatican...

heres a good question for you mart, if these PS games get shut down in 3 years time, tell me why the Socom games on the PS2 hasnt experienced such a thing yet.

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idontcare - 47 days 12 hours ago

they should shut YOU down!

you're a sad human being.

every now and then i check TheMART's profile to see his comments and everytime it's nothing but fanboy sh1t.

yeah, you are a hardcore gamer ..... NOT!

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kydrice - 47 days 11 hours ago

wut.

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TheTeam06 - 47 days 14 hours ago

Have fun playing Crimson Skies 2 online... by yourself. That's why it's getting taken down, dummy.

Calling All Cars is more of an "on the couch" party game, not online. The online part was pretty empty, so why keep it going?

Oh, and the fact the dead online communities in games that no one plays might just be why XBL lags so much, wouldn't you think? How about they make room for online games people are actually playing?

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Patchstation 3 - 47 days 14 hours ago

Servers being shut down is a lost of potential sales in the future. I pop in Crimson Skies 2 last week and still had a few people online...I guess no-one wants to play PSN games.

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TheTeam06 - 47 days 12 hours ago

Sales for Calling All Cars were slow enough already. It's an early 2007 game, dude. People didn't buy that game for the online experience. That's Warhawk's territory.

People are still playing CS2? I guess they got nothing better to do. What a waste of a $50 a year subscription...

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