The unnecessarily-hyped "big server change" is now official.
Beginning Friday, the number of universes available to PSU players will be reduced by 18. PC/PS2 players will lose eight universes (leaving 10), while XBox 360 players will lose ten (leaving 20). In addition, PSU will continue the Phantasy Star Online tradition by having its servers renamed after constellations.
An announcement detailing the news had been posted on the main PSU site, but was yanked after a couple minutes for unknown reasons.
This actually might be a good move by Sega. Reducing the number of universes might create the notion that the game is more populated (on both sides), which might lead more new players to join up and stick around. I'm not holding my breath, though: we all know the root of the problem is lack of new content, and until that changes for the better, the population sure won't.
Update: The announcement has reappeared on the site and can be found here.
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