Thread: Temporarily shutting the servers down until 2.0 is NOT a good idea!

Originally Posted by Rhianu

I keep seeing a lot of people saying that temporarily shutting the servers down would be a good idea, but in truth it's really not a good idea at all. It seems that a lot of people are under the impression that the development team could somehow work faster if the servers were turned off, but that makes absolutely no sense because the speed at which the devs work has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the power switch on the server boxes is flipped on or off. Flipping a power switch doesn't magically make people work faster.

Plus, shutting the servers down until version 2.0 is released would cause SE would lose out on the constant stream of feedback from the playerbase. If they keep the servers online and operational, then players can maintain an active role in the development of the game going forward. That wouldn't be possible if SE took the game offline and continued development out of the public eye.

About the only good thing that could possibly be accomplished by shutting down the servers is that SE would save a bit of money on their electric and internet bills each month, which really isn't worth it, especially when you take into account just how valuable a continual feedback loop from the playerbase is.

Enabling subscriptions would limit the feedback they get too.

Originally Posted by Rhianu

I keep seeing a lot of people saying that temporarily shutting the servers down would be a good idea, but in truth it's really not a good idea at all. It seems that a lot of people are under the impression that the development team could somehow work faster if the servers were turned off, but that makes absolutely no sense because the speed at which the devs work has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the power switch on the server boxes is flipped on or off. Flipping a power switch doesn't magically make people work faster.

No, but supporting 1.0 would waste resources being put towards running player events, testing and issuing patches for the current client, maintaining player support services, and all of this effort could be thrown into releasing 2.0 faster. Also, being offline allows for more radical changes because you don't have to waste time easing existing players into them. And if they want player feedback, they could get it from the PS3 beta.

I'm not saying it's a good idea, but it does have merit. I think if they were going to do something like that, they've should have done so from the beginning.