Have they just shut down the servers 9 days early?

[Meepy-]

I'm saying is, since it's being rereleased, another company would take over servers, if they did do multiplayer again, and it could lead to the PS3 servers coming back. It's a small hope.

 

The PS3 servers for this game will never come back, that's a guarantee. At most, the remaster for it might have multiplayer.  It's better to accept that than giving yourself a false sense of hope.