Comments on: Private Server Gaming

By: LostRainbow

LostRainbow — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 23:32:56 +0000

a few years ago my favorite MMO closed . The owners gave us a 6 week warning and shocked all the players. The players all banded together and sent letters, emails, formed protest websites etc, but the company shut the game and did not listen. it devasted many people and in turn they found other games to meet up on. now, someone has turned this game into a private server game and slowly but surely all the players are making it back on to a world that we all missed. so yea, if i loved a game and had a chance to use it on a private server I sure would. I dont know how long it will last or if the company will try to shut it down, but I will enjoy it while I can. great article!

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:13:54 +0000

I wouldnt join a private server home if home closed there are plenty of places to meet outside of home. As for the money I’ve spent on home I’ve spent much more on the ps2 and all the games I bought fir that. If anything PlayStation plus and home has stopped me from purchasing more games as instead of buying a mediocre game on disc I’ve just played games on home instead. I always think of the damage some of these private servers do as well. With some it changes your avatars stats irreversibly so all the work you have done is ruined. The private servers of home have already been out there and they added loads of rewards that are region locked to other region accounts. I don’t need any more storage fillers it takes long enough to log in home now lol. Once an MMO is dead and run its course let it die if a main stream developer can make mistakes that damage accounts an amateur can only be worse

By: scamp_73

scamp_73 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:54:34 +0000

I think that a huge percentage of Home users would migrate to a private server if Sony stopped it and they would bring their money with them.

You bring up a very good point about who owns an mmo. From where I’m looking I’ve got to agree with you about company s that close a game need to accept what happens and if they have a problem with that then don’t close it.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:57:28 +0000

It’s a grey area dependant on case by case, as you said, current games that are still running should be left alone but abandoned games? Hells yeah!

Playground analogy: big boy has ball. Everyone likes playing with the ball. Everyone has fun playing with ball all day. Big boy has to go home for dinner. Everyone loses ball to play with. Small boy also has a ball, and shares it so everyone can start having fun again.

Fair?

I’d say so, and very nice of small boy! I see nothing wrong with this at all. Home is a good example of how this might affect some who read this publication, and I’m willing to bet over half of HSM’s reader base would agree and use a private server.

Yet again Ted, some tasty brain gum to chew on!