Soapbox: How Sony’s Server Shutdown Rallied Naughty Dog Fans into Trophy Hunting Action

A Trophy hunter’s end.

In recent years, Sony has had the habit of shutting down its multiplayer servers, especially with its first-party PlayStation 3 games. The worst thing about not being able to play a substantial part of these games anymore is the fact that it renders the multiplayer Trophies unobtainable after the servers are shutdown. In May 2019, Naughty Dog announced that the multiplayer servers for some of its biggest games – Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us (PS3) – would be shut down on 3rd September that year.

As an avid Trophy hunter myself, this sent me into a frenzy as I looked up the Trophy lists for each game and whether or not it was easy to obtain the Platinum Trophy. The only two multiplayer Trophies required for the Platinum Trophies for both Uncharted 2 and 3 were ‘Thrillseeker’ and ‘Buddy System’ which requires the player to complete one competitive multiplayer game and one co-operative multiplayer game, respectively. While that was easy enough, both games had an onslaught of additional multiplayer DLC Trophies. These weren’t required for the Platinum Trophy, but in the case of Uncharted 3, my Trophy list would only show a 51 per cent completion score. Like many others, I wanted that 100 per cent completion.

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