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I believe so, too !
Many people still on PS3 ! And the servers are full of fellas enjoying the free online gaming on PS3 !
When will GT6 servers close down?
- Thread starter hlar
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Many people still on PS3 ! And the servers are full of fellas enjoying the free online gaming on PS3 !
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- dylpro98
I know PS3 production has finished, but are developers still even making PS3 games? I can't imagine many. And the only reason I believe GT6 could potentially see a longer online life than GT5 is because of the change in game type between GT6 and GTS. I love GTS, no it's not the same old GT formula but come on, more than half of those cars were PS2 quality. The series needed this reboot and I think in the long run the series will benefit from it. It's not Gran Turismo like we know it, but it's something refreshing and new, which if you'e honest with yourselves, GT6 wasn't.
That being said, I hope GT6 stays online at least until I can buy another PS3 for cheap. My original PS3 slim bit the dust about 2 months after GT6 released so I never got to play it too much and would love a revisit. The car list alone is worth it. To experience it one last time would be nice. Hell, I still fire up my PS2 to play GT4 and GT2 every once in a while. GT5/6 never had the same appeal to me as those games, but were great in their own ways.
And in time I hope you naysayers and hold outs will give GTS an honest chance and realize it is going in the right direction. By GT6 the games were stagnant and living in the past. Here's to the future my GT brethren, come join us
That being said, I hope GT6 stays online at least until I can buy another PS3 for cheap. My original PS3 slim bit the dust about 2 months after GT6 released so I never got to play it too much and would love a revisit. The car list alone is worth it. To experience it one last time would be nice. Hell, I still fire up my PS2 to play GT4 and GT2 every once in a while. GT5/6 never had the same appeal to me as those games, but were great in their own ways.
And in time I hope you naysayers and hold outs will give GTS an honest chance and realize it is going in the right direction. By GT6 the games were stagnant and living in the past. Here's to the future my GT brethren, come join us
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- eran0004
I know PS3 production has finished, but are developers still even making PS3 games? I can't imagine many. And the only reason I believe GT6 could potentially see a longer online life than GT5 is because of the change in game type between GT6 and GTS. I love GTS, no it's not the same old GT formula but come on, more than half of those cars were PS2 quality. The series needed this reboot and I think in the long run the series will benefit from it. It's not Gran Turismo like we know it, but it's something refreshing and new, which if you'e honest with yourselves, GT6 wasn't.
That being said, I hope GT6 stays online at least until I can buy another PS3 for cheap. My original PS3 slim bit the dust about 2 months after GT6 released so I never got to play it too much and would love a revisit. The car list alone is worth it. To experience it one last time would be nice. Hell, I still fire up my PS2 to play GT4 and GT2 every once in a while. GT5/6 never had the same appeal to me as those games, but were great in their own ways.
And in time I hope you naysayers and hold outs will give GTS an honest chance and realize it is going in the right direction. By GT6 the games were stagnant and living in the past. Here's to the future my GT brethren, come join us
GT6 brought a lot of new features and improvements to the series though - some of which has been carried over to GT Sport. The only problem is that it was released to compete against the next console generation, so it didn't really get a fair opportunity to shine on its own merits.
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- oli440
The reason they shut down the GT5 servers was simply because they wanted to move people over to GT6. A poor move in my opinion, but somewhat inevitable all things considered.
GT6 is different though. If the servers for that are shut down, then Gran Turismo for PS3 will be dead in terms of online play and that's something that I really don't want to see happen in the short term future.
It's true. The servers for all games will die eventually, but it's a question of when rather than if. Right now, a lot of people are still getting used to GT Sport's change in direction, so being able to fall back to GT6 is quite comforting.
Ironically enough, franchises like Battlefield and Call of Duty still have active servers for very old games, older than GT5 even. I'm pretty sure you can still play COD World at War online for example, albeit the servers are hacked to all hell (on PS3 at least). My question is, why couldn't they have done the same with GT5? It's not making them money (again, ironically enough), but at least they have the common courtesy to keep the servers live for the small few who still get enjoyment out of those games, which in turn benefits players overall satisfaction with said franchise and would increase the chances of them buying a newer game, in theory.
I really hope that Sony do the right thing and keep the GT6 servers live for as long as possible, because GT6 doesn't really compete against GT Sport in terms of the player count, at least I'd like to think that's the case. In theory, Shutting down the servers for GT6 is not going to tempt people to buy a PS4 and GT Sport, because the two games are quite different. GT6 is the traditional car collecathon and GT Sport is the ESports focsued title. Hopefully they understand this and won't even consider shutting down the GT6 servers.
If anything, the two games compliment each other. I play GT Sport if I want some intense online racing, but I will happily go back to GT6 to continue building and tweaking a big collection of cars, and part of what makes that satisfying is being able to take our custom cars online and hang out with like minded people. GT Sport does this to an extent, but it's nowhere near GT6 in this regard.
If GT6 online dies within the next few years, then my trust and loyalty to Gran Turismo will be at an all time low. Customer satisfaction should be the number one priority of video games, but I sense that particular quality for the gaming industry as a whole has been slipping in the past few years, what with the explosion of seasons passes, loot boxes and all that greedy stuff. In this case, if one game get gets butchered to force you to buy another, it's downright cruel and doesn't give the franchise a particularly good image. What's worse is that I've only ever known Gran Turismo, of all franchises, to do this.
Quite frankly, I'm still annoyed at just how early they shut down the GT5 servers, and as a consequence, I feel a sense of unease for GT6. If it wasn't for the death of GT5's servers, I wouldn't have made this post.
GT6 is different though. If the servers for that are shut down, then Gran Turismo for PS3 will be dead in terms of online play and that's something that I really don't want to see happen in the short term future.
It's true. The servers for all games will die eventually, but it's a question of when rather than if. Right now, a lot of people are still getting used to GT Sport's change in direction, so being able to fall back to GT6 is quite comforting.
Ironically enough, franchises like Battlefield and Call of Duty still have active servers for very old games, older than GT5 even. I'm pretty sure you can still play COD World at War online for example, albeit the servers are hacked to all hell (on PS3 at least). My question is, why couldn't they have done the same with GT5? It's not making them money (again, ironically enough), but at least they have the common courtesy to keep the servers live for the small few who still get enjoyment out of those games, which in turn benefits players overall satisfaction with said franchise and would increase the chances of them buying a newer game, in theory.
I really hope that Sony do the right thing and keep the GT6 servers live for as long as possible, because GT6 doesn't really compete against GT Sport in terms of the player count, at least I'd like to think that's the case. In theory, Shutting down the servers for GT6 is not going to tempt people to buy a PS4 and GT Sport, because the two games are quite different. GT6 is the traditional car collecathon and GT Sport is the ESports focsued title. Hopefully they understand this and won't even consider shutting down the GT6 servers.
If anything, the two games compliment each other. I play GT Sport if I want some intense online racing, but I will happily go back to GT6 to continue building and tweaking a big collection of cars, and part of what makes that satisfying is being able to take our custom cars online and hang out with like minded people. GT Sport does this to an extent, but it's nowhere near GT6 in this regard.
If GT6 online dies within the next few years, then my trust and loyalty to Gran Turismo will be at an all time low. Customer satisfaction should be the number one priority of video games, but I sense that particular quality for the gaming industry as a whole has been slipping in the past few years, what with the explosion of seasons passes, loot boxes and all that greedy stuff. In this case, if one game get gets butchered to force you to buy another, it's downright cruel and doesn't give the franchise a particularly good image. What's worse is that I've only ever known Gran Turismo, of all franchises, to do this.
Quite frankly, I'm still annoyed at just how early they shut down the GT5 servers, and as a consequence, I feel a sense of unease for GT6. If it wasn't for the death of GT5's servers, I wouldn't have made this post.
DavidMonoy97
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NO... I've had so many fun memories playing online on this game. Despite having GTS, I still hop on GT6 from time to time. Guess I'm gonna have to make the most of it! Thanks for the info!
