Originally Posted by
blackwiggle
You can buy the original Wipeout from the PStore for a under $10 - It's under Classics, and will play on your PS3, PSP and VITA. it's showing it's age, but is of interest if just to see where it all started and how far gaming has come - frustratingly hard to master.
The next two Wipeouts, well 4 really, WO's 2097, Wo3, Wo3 SE all PS1 and Wipeout FUSION PS2 are all only available on disc, and for various reason have never been made available as downloads.
2097 and Wo3SE are the two to get from this lot, both will play on a PS3, or, as other say is quite a bit better, under emulation software on a PC.
Wipeout's PURE and PULSE were both made for the PSP, PURE has a lot of DLC and PULSE 4 DLC packs, but were/are only available from the Euro/UK PStore.
You can play them on your lounge TV if you have a late model PSP with video out or PSP GO!, and mate it with a PS3 controller, or, as others have done, using PSP emulation software on a PC.
Both are still very playable.
Online sort of goes in waves, and depends what time you log on and which days, it varies a lot.
The regulars are Wipeout players that play virtually nothing else, so that's probably why you feel intimidated, most are friendly forum members and all are typically NOT like your online FPS gamer.
2048 had a quick build and release so it could make the launch for the VITA, and it suffers for it.
Nobody blames SL for this, as they got shafted shortly afterwards.
Since Studio Liverpool got closed, nobody can fix what doesn't work.
Why they got closed? Well SL was told that racing games sales run in cycles, and around the time that they were making FURY, were told there would be no more Wipeout for the foreseeable future, then Sony changed it's mind and got SL to rush and make 2048 for the VITA launch [it's rumored that they were also working on a full console version of a new wipeout, but if that is true, who knows, or if if any of that work ever sees the light of day ???]
Since basically all SL's eggs were in one basket, Sony decision to not make any new racing games pulled the rug out from under them.
As for how long will the 2048 servers stay up
I suppose it depends if and when VITA TV reaches western shores, as the prospect of being able to play 2048 on a TV like a PS3/4 with a controller seems very attractive to most around here, and I think would certainly cause a spike in 2048 sales, which would certainly give reason to NOT close the servers down.