Star Wars Galaxies shrinking by 12 servers
Bad times for Star Wars Galaxies. Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has announced that 12 of the game’s current servers will be shutdown on October 15th, 2009, at 5PM PDT. That’s pretty much half the servers on the receiving end of that Gamorean Vibro axe there, which will leave only 13 still standing.
As should be expected, Character creation on the hit listed servers is disabled to further discourage players from going there obviously. Those existing players, few though they may be, will have a choice of which server to move to but move they will. The transfers are free-of-charge until the 15th so grab the move while it’s cheap 
The servers that are going to get blasted by the death star are:
- Corbantis
- Europe-Infinity
- Intrepid
- Kauri
- Kettemoor
- Lowca
- Naritus
- Scylla
- Tarquinas
- Tempest
- Valcyn
- Wanderhome
The official SOE explanation for the server-closure is one of the most blatant spin jobs I’ve ever seen in marketing and I work in it!:
“The Free Character Transfer Service launched earlier this year with the intention of allowing players to transfer to servers with more active communities, creating a more vibrant and memorable Star Wars Galaxies gaming experience. The Free Character Transfer Service was a phenomenal success, leaving the less active servers in an undesirable position. In order to help streamline the current and new user experience, we have made the decision to close the less active servers and focus on the thriving Star Wars Galaxies servers.”
Now I’d like to say to my old friend Daxsayien wherever he may be, I told you this was coming the minute they announced free transfers. I’m glad that we moved even though I haven’t played in ages ~~ Harbinger
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