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Australian Server Planned for Planetside 2

Post by Dan @ 02:26pm 13/08/12 | 11 Comments

Internode's GamesOnNet (thanks VG247) reports that Sony Online President John Smedley has recently confirmed on Twitter that SOE's upcoming free-to-play MMOFPS Planetside 2 will be getting an Australian server.

Smedley's message "Honestly we are just going to bite the bullet and put a server down there" came as a reply to a Twitter follower that was intending on conducting a survey to demonstrate demand for an Australian Planetside 2 server, and the wording of his comment suggests that it will actually be physically hosted down under.

Low latency will undoubtedly make for a better game experience for Aussie players in the game which promises large-scale open-world infantry and vehicle battles with up to 2000 players. Whether the local population can gather the numbers required for such scale remains to be seen, but it's nice to see Sony giving it a shot.

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Trauma
Posted 03:54pm 13/8/12

Might actually try it now.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 04:31pm 13/8/12

Couldnt imagine playing a fast paced game, like a shooter, on a USA server without raging. Even something like BF3 was rageworthy on aussie servers.

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Gloth
Posted 05:43pm 13/8/12

Fuck yeah .. I'm going to buy this for sure .. even if it sucks my money went to a game that gave us local servers.

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Gloth
Posted 05:44pm 13/8/12

ok so its free to play ... EVEN BETTER!

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3x0dus
Posted 05:46pm 13/8/12

Wow that was the only pain point I ha in planetside 1, should be a much better game for Aussies now.

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Lithium
Posted 06:02pm 13/8/12

I love how hes just like "yeah I spose we can get a server put in down there".

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Shaexen
Posted 06:24pm 13/8/12

Fuck yes, this game is looking more and more awesome all the time.

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Rominion
Posted 08:12pm 13/8/12

I wasn't gonna bother playing this, but now seeing they are giving us servers i will be.

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WirlWind
Posted 11:38am 14/8/12

I was actually avidly avoiding all the videos by TB about planetside 2 because I didn't want to get hyped up for a game that would likely be unplayable from Australia.

This is the best news I've had all week, I think.

So long life, Planetside 2 is about to rape my life dry

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