SCEE shutting down servers for 4 older PSP/PS3 games

[Kresnik]

SvennoJ said:

JOKA_ said:
This is kind of an offshoot, but this is why I hate trophies/achievements that are in the online mode. If the servers go down or no one plays anymore its impossible to get them.

It was already practically impossible 3 months after launch with pacific rift. There weren't enough people online anymore for matchmaking to work so I continually got put into races with lvl 25 veterans that knew all the tracks and tricks inside out. Since you only level up when you finish in the top and level down when you finish in the bottom it was all pretty frustrating.
That's probably why the online died, I don't think I was the only one that got bored of not being able to finish a race online after finishing the offline mode with all golds.

It's the same with fps games. You have to start when the game comes out or you're faced with a long uphill battle to be able to compete at all.

I've been playing Pacific Rift's online all night actually, and you're right.  It is slightly frustrating, worse I'm sure since the 30 or so people left playing all know the tracks like the back of their hands.  I did gain experience on the whole but it was a very up-and-down struggle.  I know I won't be getting a platinum, that's for sure!