From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > No idea. Sega and Microsoft are pretty screwy and uncommunicative when it   
   > comes to the Xbox PSO servers. If they go down, it may not be with any   
   > announcement.   
      
   Yeah, that's true.   
      
   >> Let me know if your hear anything, KKC, I'd be interested in taking one   
   >> last stroll through the Xbox version before it's down for good.   
   >   
   > I'm probably the only one still paying attention, so for sure I'll pipe up   
   > when news hits my ears. :)   
      
   Heheheh, well, I appreciate it. :)   
      
   >> Another thing that makes me wonder: If they take down the server, can   
   >> one still buy PSO on Xbox and play it offline?   
   >   
   > Yeah, as long as you have a Live account. Now that Silver accounts are   
   > free, it's trivial to sign up for one and then recover it on the old Xbox.   
   > However, it's possible that Microsoft may remove the online updates for   
   > certain games if they decide that they're no longer supported. If that's   
   > true, then even if you only play offline the PSO app might complain that   
   > you need updates that you can't get anymore. It's worth testing with an   
   > Xbox that's got a live Gamertag save but no network connection.   
      
   Oh, get this(and I meant to make a post about it here after I did one in   
   my forums, but forgot): I called up Xbox support one night when I was   
   having some issue with Live and started talking to the guy for a while.   
   He told me, and I couldn't quite believe it, if you *only* have a Silver   
   account on the 360 Sega lets you play PSU *for free*. He says he has no   
   idea why, no idea if they just overlooked it or what, but that you   
   really can play it without any monthly fee if you just have a Silver   
   account. Isn't that crazy?   
      
   Bel   
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