Japanese Server Reduction

Just in case you weren't sure if Sega was succeeding in killing PSU or not, here's a little bit of reassurance straight from the Japanese PC/PS2 servers.

According to the official site, Wednesday evening's update (Thursday morning in Japan) will bring a reduction in the number of universes. A total of 16 universes will remain after maintenance, down from 26. The number of universes available on the JP PC/PS2 servers had been as high as 40 at one point.



This will officially make the international Xbox 360 version of PSU the "largest" of the three server groups, although that version itself only has 20 universes available.

The Japanese PC/PS2 population has been in steady decline over the last few months, largely because of Sega/Sonic Team's inability to provide interesting events and substantial content updates (sounds like the US/EU game in a nutshell!). News of the "supplemental update" coming to those servers later this year hasn't done much to stop the exodus, either -- Sonic Team's DLC model for missions and player equipment has not resonated well with Japanese players.