After 11 Years, The Original Burnout Paradise Servers for PS3 and XBox 360 Are Closing Down August 1

[Nismonath5]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/2019/04/18/burnout-paradise-server-shutdown/

The end of an era.

Gonna be jamming this one while I still can!
(Remaster isn't affected.)

 

[EngieDiesel]

11 years for in-house servers is actually a pretty impressive timespan. Usually the only time a console game retains its online services that long is if they went through a third party company like Demonware that just never bothers to disable access after the playerbase piddles out. Smackdown vs. RAW 2006 is still playable online due to that, in fact.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

End of an era indeed. It was the second game I completed on the PS3, the first game I platinumed, the first game I bought DLC for and the first game where I really embraced the idea of online gaming. I still have friends on my PSN list now who helped me complete all 500 freeburn challenges back in the day. Great memories 👍 Amazed to see the servers kept up this long, but all good things come to an end. Plus, the remaster version is going to be online for a long while I feel