MLB 14 The Show Online Servers Closing on June 18th

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by Go Yankees

Could you imagine the outrage by people if they shut down the COD servers after one year? Lol, But on here, for this game, some people defend this, ughhh, what if they decided they wanted to shut down the severs the day after the world series because they want to focus on next years game, Would anyone think thats ok? Just curious.

That is not a good analysis, the user base is huge for COD so the expense to keep it operational warrants that. As far the Show is concerned I am sure it is evaluated if the cost is worth keep the server active longer or shorter based on the active user base. I would not be surprised if the active users were lower because of the poor online performance in 14 especially. It's more a cost business decision rather then just a general screwing over that people like to think.

[Keirik]

Quote: Originally Posted by cusefan74

Why is this a shady decision? Why should they keep supporting an old game when there is a new one out? Pretty smart if you ask me, you force people to go out and get the new game.

I actually think it's pretty shady too. I mean, you are forcing people to basically let go of 14 and we all know in sports games, not everyone buys each iteration. You might call that "smart" and that's your opinion of course but it's also abandoning the 14 fanbase awfully quick.

[sbauer318]

If cost is an issue, why can't they just scale down the services? Not everyone is going to migrate to 2015 by June. They should really stay online for two years like some other sports games.

[HozAndMoose]

Quote: Originally Posted by Keirik

I actually think it's pretty shady too. I mean, you are forcing people to basically let go of 14 and we all know in sports games, not everyone buys each iteration. You might call that "smart" and that's your opinion of course but it's also abandoning the 14 fanbase awfully quick.

You can still play the game. Just not online. And online was crap for 14.

[HypoLuxa13]

Quote: Originally Posted by sbauer318

If cost is an issue, why can't they just scale down the services? Not everyone is going to migrate to 2015 by June. They should really stay online for two years like some other sports games.

On one hand, as someone in the IT field, I gotta believe the cost is pretty low. But I don't know what infrastructure/hardware is needed just to run and what kind of manpower they need to have staffed to keep it running.

On the other hand, I have to wonder how many users will be online with MLB 14 come June? A few thousand? A few hundred? Maybe the cost is not worth it from the business side of things, even if on the technical side the Sony San Diego team wants to keep some online up and running for the previous year's game. It may be outside of their control, the decision may come from higher up.

all speculation here...

[seanjeezy]

Remember that online isn't just PvP, its the roster vault, cloud/cross saves, The Show Live, etc.

Once again I'll stress that this might be a UK/EUR only thing, it was posted on the UK blog after all...

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

That is not a good analysis, the user base is huge for COD so the expense to keep it operational warrants that. As far the Show is concerned I am sure it is evaluated if the cost is worth keep the server active longer or shorter based on the active user base. I would not be surprised if the active users were lower because of the poor online performance in 14 especially. It's more a cost business decision rather then just a general screwing over that people like to think.

Please refrain from bringing logic into discussions.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanjeezy

Once again I'll stress that this might be a UK/EUR only thing, it was posted on the UK blog after all...

Check out the link in the updated OP.