PSU PS2/PC macht dicht.

[Elk_Elch]

Attention Phantasy Star Universe players,

We regret to announce that the PC and PlayStation2 servers for Phantasy Star Universe will be closing as of this March 31st 2010.

SEGA would like to extend its sincere thanks to those who have played on the PC/PS2 servers over the past several years. The final update for PC/PS2 servers will be this January 29th 2010, which will start the long awaited MAG+ event. This event will receive the same updates & web support as the event on the Xbox 360 servers.

Please note that after January 29th 2010, no new PSU subscriptions will be available for purchase for PC/PS2. Those who are subscribed as of that time will be able to play, for free, until service closure.

The schedule is as follows:

-January 29th 2010: MAG+ event begins for PC/PS2 and Xbox 360 servers.

-January 29th 2010: No new PC/PS2 PSU subscriptions will be available for purchase.

-January 29th 2010: Free play for PC/PS2 PSU begins. No more billing cycles will take place on or after this date.

-March 31st 2010: PC/PS2 servers / service closure, the PlayStation2 and PC versions of Phantasy Star Universe online play will not be available after this date, however, please continue to enjoy the Single Player version of the game.

So die offizielle Meldung. Nichts sonderlich Spannendes.
Interessant ist aber etwas, das ich anderswo gefunden habe:

http://psupedia.info/Main_Page

PC/PS2 servers closing March 31
Yes, you read that right. An official announcement has been made stating that the local PC/PS2 game servers will be closing on March 31, 2010. January 29's update will be the final update for PC/PS2 players, as well as mark the cut-off point for the purchase of new subscriptions. However, anyone who has an active subscription now or had one in the past will be able to log in and play for free for the final two months. The Xbox 360 servers will remain unaffected by this change. Please read the official announcement for full details.

Das hieße, man könnte nochmal PSU spielen. Auch wenn es nicht viel bringt.

[Cali]

Das Spiel hat sich damit insgesamt 3.5 Jahre lang gehalten

[Elk_Elch]

Ich hab nochmal nachgeforscht.


Das hier ist eine offizielle Aussage:
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=310166
To clarify, anyone who has had a valid PC/PS2 account (and has not been banned) will be able to play during this period.

Man braucht also keinen aktiven Account, nur einen exisitierenden.

[Elk_Elch]

Ok... es gibt jetzt eine interessante Neuigkeit.
Es arbeitet definitiv jemand an einem Server.

Seit gestern ist es auch möglich, seine Charakterdaten über einen Proxy loggen zu lassen.
Vielleicht sollte ich das Spiel doch mal wieder installieren...

Wenn also irgendjemand vorhat, PSU irgendwann nochmal mit seinen alten Charakteren zu spielen, sollte er das hier ansehen:

Okay I opened a server which allows logging. Using a little special trick with magic you can connect to my server without a problem!

Step by step tutorial.

•Open your hosts file using Notepad
The hosts file is located at:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

•Add the following line to this file:
188.194.42.6 loginpc.ipsueu.segaonline.jp

•Start the game as usual You will automagically connected to SEGAs server

What you need to do to completely log all your character data:
Repeat everything in this list for EVERY character!!!

•Login to your character.
•Go to your room.
•Open the list of your itembox of your PM
•Open the shared item box.
•Open the menu and open the Photon Arts list.
•After that open your Types list.

For those with a brain: Just look at every single list of each of your characters.

Also it would be nice if some of you go to every area possible and play every mission possible on every difficulty! That data is also logged. The advantage of my method is i get a LOT of data and can use it to do the analyzing step. Also NOTE DOWN YOUR PARTNER CARD NUMBER!!!! I will use this to identify your character data.

On request I can also send you the logged data to you Even though most of you dont really know what to do with it but its your data so I will give it to you

I will try to keep this proxy server on until the official server closes.

An dieser Stelle noch ein Hinweis, der auch weiter hinten in dem Thread auftaucht:
Wer auf diese Weise mit dem Server verbindet, übermittelt seinen gesamten Datenverkehr an die Person, die das Projekt betreibt.
Der behauptet zwar, er überwache die Logindaten nicht... aber er könnte es.
Dessen sollte man sich bewusst sein bevor man da mitmacht.





EDIT: Für die PS2 gibt es nun auch eine Umleitung:

Okay BrianB just sent me the IP for the dns server to use on the ps2 version. You need to change your Network Configuration on the ps2 version of PSU to use this.

Primary DNS: 173.57.149.246