Expansions and Beating Dead Horses

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Not at all. Technology marches on, todays new platforms will eventually be just as outdated. Do you still use Windows95 for web browsing or gaming? Of coarse not. That's like saying we shouldn't have new OS's for our new computers.

The real reaosn it won't happen is cost. SE would rather make new games.

Consoles are not computers. I play my PS2 quite often, even though I own a PS3.

I don't use my old 1998 laptop. I use my newer one.

Consoles are a lot more common than PCs in Japan, from what I've seen. Most people do their day-to-day internet on phones. And if they do have a PC, it's most likely a netbook. Granted, this is a view biased to those who go to college, but I've asked quite a few people about it, and they tend to think that serious gaming is something for the consoles, while casual gaming is for the PCs.

That's a completely arbitrary point that I can't back up with any evidence beyond "I talked to people", so feel free to ignore it. But it's certainly congruent to what people say about the Japanese players of the game.

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Consoles are not computers. I play my PS2 quite often, even though I own a PS3.

Where did I say you can't use your ps2? My whole point was to leave it so ps2 users don't lose anything, but it's not everyone elses problem that your ps2 can't handle (actually I have doubts that the ps2 is more than just an excuse - I believe the real issue is lost programming staff) newer features. The windows verison itself is outdated and badly in need of upgrades..Directx7 is long gone. In another thread I said if they want to continue supporting the ps2, I want new collection discs for it. I have the ps2 version myself. If they aren't going to REALLY support it, they should at least enable my upgrade dangit.

Gradually phasing something out usually takes years btw. Like it or not the ps2 version eventually dies on its own with no action form SE at all. So will the old directx windowsXP (and its vistapatch'd exe sidekick) and xbox360 versions. All I'm asking for is to eventually add newer tech versions so the servers don't die with it.