So I just got an email from SOE:

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Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Account Holder,
Due to the overwhelming success of the recent Free Character Transfer Service, we want to inform you that on October 15, 2009, at 5:00 PM PDT, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will close the following 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers:
Corbantis
Europe-Infinity
Intrepid
Kauri
Kettemoor
Lowca
Naritus
Scylla
Tarquinas
Tempest
Valcyn
Wanderhome

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Too bad about Intrepid, though, my home server will be no more.
 

Um.. alright.

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

Originally posted by Letsinod

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

I'm not bitter at all. I just found it amusing that SOE is saying that having to close half the servers because of lack of population is a success.

I have to agree, it does seem kind of weird. "Due to our success at selling so many Playstations, we have decided to shut down and will no longer be selling Playstations."

In SOE land, server closures do indeed mean success!

Now, to those of us with intelligence who live in the real world, it means massive failure.

Originally posted by Rednecksith

In SOE land, server closures do indeed mean success!

Now, to those of us with intelligence who live in the real world, it means massive failure.

No, its still a success in the real world. They pay less for less servers, why pay more for a dwindling population?

Congratulation, Sony, not only have you successfully initiated server transfers to allow people mobility, flexibility and a career perspective on multiple other servers. No, also due to the huge success of these server transfers you are now, finally able to reach your ultimate goal to close down these servers, thus fusioning your extensive player capacity to work even more synergistic. Very impressive piece of corporation management there...

M

"Told you so..."

It feels bitter-sweet tbh.

Originally posted by liberalguy

So I just got an email from SOE:

 

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Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Account Holder,
Due to the overwhelming success of the recent Free Character Transfer Service, we want to inform you that on October 15, 2009, at 5:00 PM PDT, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will close the following 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers:
Corbantis
Europe-Infinity
Intrepid
Kauri
Kettemoor
Lowca
Naritus
Scylla
Tarquinas
Tempest
Valcyn
Wanderhome

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Shouldn't that say "Due to the overwhelming failure of the NGE we want to inform you that on October 15,2009, at 5:00 PM PDT, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will close the following 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers"?

 

Too bad about Intrepid, though, my home server will be no more.
 

are you even paying attention? he says the free character transfers are a succes. -.-'

Originally posted by liberalguy

Originally posted by Letsinod

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

I'm not bitter at all. I just found it amusing that SOE is saying that having to close half the servers because of lack of population is a success.

I find it even more amusing that your reading skills are not a success.Nowhere did they say that having to close half the servers is a success,they did say that due to the success of the transfers they would be shutting those servers down.

Originally posted by Battleskar

I find it even more amusing that your reading skills are not a success.Nowhere did they say that having to close half the servers is a success,they did say that due to the success of the transfers they would be shutting those servers down.

More people look at the chain of events that lead to this. If they didn't screw the game up would they have had to close 12 servers? Probably not. I think people get that the "transfer service was a sucess". At the same time they reconise this "success" wouldn't have happend without running off more then half the community. Anyways grats on the "success" SoE.

Originally posted by I-s-k-akaJO

Originally posted by Letsinod

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

 

Rofl sounds like a NGER that thinks the game is a success and thriving.

 

lol

No, it sounds to me like, he was saying that SOE is finally glad that the server closing has commenced. This was a extremely difficult process for SOE, whether it needed to be or not is not my expertise, but it did take them quite some time. It's funny how everyone hates on SOE, but they wouldn't hate them had they not brought the original game in the first place..
 

Originally posted by Letsinod

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

It's spin..."success" is not closing servers mate. Had this been a "success", they'd be OPENING servers...not closing half of them.

This isn't about being a "vet" or being "bitter" (and please refrain from personal attacks or insults or I'll report you)...it's calling out a blatantly foolish statement by SoE what it really is...closing half your servers is a failure, not a success.

RIP Naritus.

 This is the same thing they did with Matrix Online. I give it 6 months to a year before they announce the end of the game's life. To be fair, I do still log in from time to time just for the memories :)

I think you misinterpreted what it said. They said the character transfer was a success, and since they got a lot of people to transfer and get other servers more populated they can shut the servers that were listed down because they don't need them anymore.

I think the original poster correctly identifies the awkwardness of the email.

Due to the OVERWHEMLIMG SUCCESS of something, the results are server closures.   That is what they are saying.

The RESULT of something successful should not be something that is viewed as a sign of FAILURE. 

Your successful advertising campaign should not result in a decrees of sales.  Your successful new product should not result if mass layoffs.  I understand companies don't want to tell the ugly truth, but trying to act like this is some success story is just plain stupid.

I've said it before. When SWOTR comes out SWG will close. Bioware is not gonna share the Star Wars license.

Originally posted by Battleskar

Originally posted by liberalguy

Originally posted by Letsinod

Dunno...looks like a success to me if they got everyone moved and getting things in line.  Sounds like your a bitter old SWG vet who can't let go.

I'm not bitter at all. I just found it amusing that SOE is saying that having to close half the servers because of lack of population is a success.

 

I find it even more amusing that your reading skills are not a success.Nowhere did they say that having to close half the servers is a success,they did say that due to the success of the transfers they would be shutting those servers down.

Yes please learn to read.  They said because of the overwhelming success of character transfers that they can close 12 servers.