On the anniversary of Gravity Rush 2’s release, Sony has announced that it will take the sequel’s servers down. It’s a move that the Japanese giant’s been making more and more often of late, with the likes of Kill Strain and The Tomorrow Children all killed within an outrageously short span of time. In the case of Kat’s sophomore effort, the title will still be fully playable with its online functionality removed, but the experience will be neutered, with some content potentially lost forever unless a patch unlocks it for everyone.
Fans of the franchise believe that taking the sequel offline could very well spell the end for the popular yet niche property, and they want to raise awareness for the series on social media. You can find out a lot more information on the Gravity Rush Central website, but it essentially amounts to a consolidated campaign across websites like Twitter, Facebook, and more. Sony’s been pretty proactive at paying attention to these kinds of petitions – Shawn Layden even mentioned that online pressure convinced him to greenlight the recent MediEvil remaster – so this is worth engaging in if you feel passionately about it.
[source gravityrushcentral.com]
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Does it lock any trophies out or anything? I think that servers should try and stay on for at least a few years even if the game bombs unless some sort of patch replaces most of the functions of the game.
@Rudy_Manchego Nah, I don't think you lose any Trophies.
@Rudy_Manchego Nah. Makes online content and some costumes unavailable, but you can still obtain a platinum trophy.
@get2sammyb @Ralizah Well that's something but I think they should patch the costumes in... not that I am primarily interested in them or anything. Ahem.
@Rudy_Manchego I agree. I really don't like the idea of content being lost just because the game didn't sell as well as Sony was hoping it would.
@Ralizah well get used to it. eventually all digital-only games will become lost and even physical games will be heavily neutered due to patches not being available for download anymore
@MadAussieBloke For me its getting content locked out i just have such a big backlog so i did not get around to the game and i bought it on release.
@KratosMD i agree, although those are some weird games that you pointed out that probably no one will want to play in ten years lol ;D
the most important example right now that comes to mind is Smash Bros. Wii U. That game got heavily patched and is a milestone in gaming history. I can't see Nintendo leaving the Wii U eShop open after 2018..it will probably close at some point in 2019. After that it's only a matter of time that they will stop patch distribution.
I'm a bit gutted that I missed out on this aspect of the game, as the online stuff seemed nicely integrated.
Actually, I'm just gutted I never played GR2 at all. Need to sort that out.
@manu0 Which is why I'm not as concerned about purchasing physical games anymore. The allure of "I own this" is lost on me when the game will be a broken shell of itself without patches/updates/whatnot.
@MadAussieBloke I have a really bad tic that i want to complete everything. I think the best way to tackle this is to patch the costumes in the game.
I understand the fans, but the online feature is nothing special to be honest, just like the majority of online features on single-player games.
Gravity Rush still is one of my favorite series ever and Gravity Rush 2 is one of the best games this generation, I really recommend to buy the first game remastered and the sequel if you never played it. You will have an amazing experience.
Thought this game might come to ps+.
@LieutenantFatman That would be amazing, but I think it's unlikely
Well at least the game stays intact, and if Sony ever bothers to care enough they'll release the unobtainable content as DLC or something.
Massive fan of the game, but I'm really not bothered about the servers going down. It's largely an offline single player experience so not much would be lost.
@AlwaysGreener
That's what I would suggest people say to SONY and Japan Studio. Just release the costumes that cannot be obtained after the servers go down for free as a DLC add-on.
I cannot imagine the work would take as much time, it would please their fans/consumers, and they can still shutdown the servers.
This series deserves so much more
If Sony would just take the online unlockables and make them unlock by progressing through the story after the servers shut down, it wouldn't be too bad.
Still a shame that the servers are just shutting down a year after release.
@YummyHappyPills If nobody buys this great game yeah i guess that Sony has to try something different even if its sad.
Heres a question.
How expensive is it to keep open a server for those who need it?
My feelings towards this is if a game comes with online capacity it should have to be kept online for 3 years minimum bar the company collapsing.
What bothers me is that I don't intent to play the game until mid-2018, at least. I own a copy (cause I'm in love with thr first one), but basically, GR2 is on my "to-do-list", which is a big one cause I absolutely don't have the time to play everything I want. So I learned patience, and that's all right.
Generaly, I "secure" a game by buying it when I found it at a good price, but I play it a year after, somtimes even more.
So, when I'll finally decide myself to play GR2, I'll have to play the game minus some content. And it's not right. Don't put costumes or things like that in an online fonctionality, if you don't intent to keep servers online, at least until the end of the gen.
Sony's raking it in this gen. Even if Gravity Rush 2 was a flop commercially, they should just bite the bullet and keep the servers up for the fans who bought the game and enjoy it.
@drd7of14 It would definitely be good reconciliation to some fans who feel that Sony had abandoned the game prematurely.
@manu0 Hopefully Sony/Nintendo/Xbox will still allow patch downloading for PS4/XB1/Switch even after the serves are killed in the far off future.
@MadAussieBloke Love the Gravity Rush art!
@get2sammyb
FYI, this just in ...
Server shut down is extended to July 18th.
(Sorry I couldn’t find a link to a source, the info is announced in the game itself)
@Th3solution Thanks for sharing.
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