miHoYo Ends BSide: Olivia Lin Online Service, Offline Version Set for August 27
The quick shutdown, about a month after Early Access launch, shows miHoYo is pivoting the title to a permanent offline form rather than sustaining live services.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
miHoYo announced the termination of online services for the Steam Early Access desktop chill software 'BSide: Olivia Lin' about one month after launch. An offline version releases August 27, with online functions like writing letters and uploading MIDI stopping that day. Steam distribution and servers close August 31. Users must download the offline version and back up data by then.
The desktop chill software 'BSide: Olivia Lin' entered Early Access on July 13, letting players interact with Olivia Lin, a Shanghai girl majoring in piano and minoring in psychology, through music and letters. The service is ending roughly a month later.
An offline version arrives August 27 at 15:00, and online-dependent functions such as writing letters and uploading MIDI stop simultaneously. Steam store distribution and servers close August 31 at 15:00. After closure, the offline version still allows listening to performances locally and using the desktop dynamic wallpaper function, but users must finish downloading and installing it via Steam by the deadline.
Related data, including created letters, MIDI files, and music libraries, will no longer be viewable after server closure, so the announcement urges users to back up before August 31 at 15:00.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.