UPDATE: The online support for the games is being discontinued in Europe. SCEA has told Shacknews that there are no plans yet to drop online support in North America.
dBTechno is reporting that Sony plans to shut down the servers which host the online portion of several PS2 and PSP titles. These games do not support peer-to-peer matchmaking, and while their dedicated servers may have provided a smoother online experience, their removal will make it impossible to play the games online at all. The report lists the following titles, which are due to become single-player-only shut-ins on June 30th:
PS2
Amplitude
Destruction Derby Arenas
Everybody’s Golf
EyeToy Chat
F1 ‘04
Jak X
Lemmings PS2
My Street
Syphon Filter Omega Strain
This is Football 2004
This is Football 2005
Twisted Metal: Black Online
PSP
Lemmings (poor bastards.)
World Tour Soccer 2
I’ll personally miss Amplitude. Fact: Nobody beat me at Urban Tumbleweed, ever. In addition, if you happen to have EyeToy Chat or Twisted Metal: Black Online, I sure hope you enjoy the menu screens, because those titles are online-only.
PC Games which have been abandoned, support-wise, by their companies often see some dedicated fans engineer some homebrew solutions, if there is enough enthusiasm. Where does that leave console titles? I still have a functioning Dreamcast and a copy of Chu Chu Rocket, but I can’t play the online portion that the game came with. Who can I share my Mouse Mania with now? People in the same room? That’s crazy talk.
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