History VideoGame / TheIdolmasterSideM

At the series' 2021 ''PRODUCER MEETING'' event, the replacement game for ''[=LoS=]'', '''''The [=iDOLM@STER=] [=SideM=] GROWING STARS''''', was revealed. Further information about the game was released on June 9, 2021, where Bandai Namco would reveal a return to 2D sprite work and a completely new idol group, C.FIRST. Unfortunately, the original game's content ground to a halt later that year, with its last major event being in October and C.FIRST not being brought over. It finally closed down on January 5, 2023, after over 7 years. [[FromBadToWorse The successor game would follow not even six months later]], with its services ending in July of the same year. Luckily, franchise fans have a sort of salvation in the form of an archive; the ''[=SideM=]'' official website has all previous events and communes and adds new content every so often.

* ObviousBeta: ''Live on St@ge!'' is usually accused of this, with 3D models that look cheap (especially compared to the more detailed models found in ''Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage'' and ''Million Live! Theater Days'') and glitch out occasionally, and a rhythm system that's way less advanced than the other games. There's also a huge lack of voice acting compared to the other mobile games.

At the series' 2021 ''PRODUCER MEETING'' event, the replacement game for ''[=LoS=]'', '''''The [=iDOLM@STER=] [=SideM=] GROWING STARS''''', was revealed. Further information about the game was released on June 9, 2021, where Bandai Namco would reveal a return to 2D sprite work and a completely new idol group, C.FIRST. Unfortunately, the original game's content ground to a halt later that year, with its last major event being in October and C.FIRST not being brought over. It finally closed down on January 5, 2023, after over 7 years. [[FromBadToWorse The successor game would follow not even six months later]], with its services ending in July of the same year.

At the series' 2021 ''PRODUCER MEETING'' event, the replacement game for ''[=LoS=]'', '''''The [=iDOLM@STER=] [=SideM=] GROWING STARS''''', was revealed. Further information about the game was released on June 9, 2021, where Bandai Namco would reveal a return to 2D sprite work and a completely new idol group, C.FIRST. Unfortunately, the original game's content ground to a halt later that year, with its last major event being in October and C.FIRST not being brought over. It finally closed down on January 5, 2023, after over 7 years. [[FromBadToWorse The successor game would follow not even six months later]], with its services expected to end in July of the same year.

** The Idol Discovery Project members haven't been seen since their initial event and heard of since Legenders' ''[=ST@RTING=] LINE'' CD. Will they ever be accepted into 315? Will they take up another agency? And are they even still trying? The world may never know...[[spoiler:until 2021. The boys are starting to see more references in events, with Shiraishi getting a mention that year and Mimasaka showing up in 2022.]]

* ComicBookTime: Both games run into the same problem of having content that'd ordinarily span multiple years in-universe but have none of the characters age. It's very noticeable in birthday messages, with them commenting on items or events that happened at least one real-time year back but they haven't gotten older at all.

At the series' 2021 ''PRODUCER MEETING'' event, the replacement game for ''[=LoS=]'', '''''The [=iDOLM@STER=] [=SideM=] GROWING STARS''''', was revealed. Further information about the game was released on June 9, 2021, where Bandai Namco would reveal a return to 2D sprite work and a completely new idol group, C.FIRST. Unfortunately, the original game's content ground to a halt later that year, with its last major event being in October and C.FIRST not being brought over. It finally closed down on January 5, 2023, after over 7 years. [[FromBadToWorse The successor game would unfortunately follow not even six months later]], with its services expected to end in July of the same year.