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EA have announced that they are shutting down online game servers for a number of their games, citing declining popularity as the reason for the imminent cessation of services. The service updates page on ea.com suggests that, once a title dips below 1% of "all peak online players across all EA titles", it is no longer viable to continue to run the server for that game.
So which games are getting the chop? EA are doing this next switch-off (it's not the first, nor will it be the last) in two phases:
August 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
• ARMY OF TWO for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• ARMY OF TWO Demo for Xbox 360
• Battlefield 2142 Demo for PC
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for Xbox 360
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Demo for Xbox 360
• Medal of Honor Airborne for PlayStation Portable*
• Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for PlayStation Portable and Wii
• NASCAR 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (North America)
• NCAA Basketball 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• NCAA Football 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• Need for Speed Most Wanted for PC and Xbox 360
• Need for Speed Undercover for PlayStation Portable;
• SKATE for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
October 1, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
• Madden NFL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• NHL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
EA also provide a list of games that have already had their server support removed (meaning only that you can no longer play them online - they will still work as singleplayer games, where such a mode exists in the title) - which you can also see on their service updates page.
* Medal of Honor: Airborne, despite being listed on EA's service updates page, was never released on PSP. Presumably this refers to another title but, at this stage, it's not clear which one that is. Cheers to Soyerz for pointing out the error!
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If they're not being used enough to justify the server staying up, then that makes sense. Also looking over those titles, all of them quite old or replaced by newer revisions of them so hopefully there's no fuss over this.
There'll always be someone that wants their server(s) left alone.
Would be nice if they could release an update so people could create their own servers for defunct games.
Would be nice if they could release an update so people could create their own servers for defunct games.
14 July 2011, 12:24 PM
Reply to p1nkm15t
There'll always be someone that wants their server(s) left alone.
Would be nice if they could release an update so people could create their own servers for defunct games.
I agree with p1nkm15t.There'll always be someone that wants their server(s) left alone.
Would be nice if they could release an update so people could create their own servers for defunct games.
All games need to come with a LAN option and/or the option to host your own servers. This will protect the longevity of any title and make it payable for as long as people want to play it.
But its fair enough that EA are turning these off... they will only be loosing money by keeping them going.
I wonder if there's anything in the fine print of manuals whether they can turn them of this earlier. I can swear the FIFA manual had quite a late date for memory.
Medal of Honor: Airborne wasn't on PSP. Do you mean the original Medal of Honor: Heroes?
14 July 2011, 04:45 PM
Reply to Soyerz
Medal of Honor: Airborne wasn't on PSP. Do you mean the original Medal of Honor: Heroes?
Good point; that's straight from EA's website.
Medal of Honor: Airborne wasn't on PSP. Do you mean the original Medal of Honor: Heroes?
I think fifa08 got shut down last year.
That means people still play 09.
Nice.
That means people still play 09.
Nice.
14 July 2011, 01:37 PM
Reply to Ron
I wonder if there's anything in the fine print of manuals whether they can turn them of this earlier. I can swear the FIFA manual had quite a late date for memory.
It says in pretty much all game manuals that they reserve the right to shut down on-line services at any time given 30 days notice.
I wonder if there's anything in the fine print of manuals whether they can turn them of this earlier. I can swear the FIFA manual had quite a late date for memory.
this is probably the worst time for a gamer that enjoyed the game being shut down. :(
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