EA to close numerous online servers


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Well, if people haven't upgraded to a newer console, this may push them to do so:

EA has released a service update informing people still playing really old football games on PS2 and Xbox that the online servers will soon be closed for good. Time to upgrade and get with this generation people.

"Servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates," said EA. "You may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates."

http://www.guru3d.com/news/ea-to-close-num...online-servers/

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In one way I'm surprised they're shutting down the servers for some of their more recent games, but in other ways it is a way for them to force people to buy their latest releases, so in that respect I suppose I am not surprised.

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It's actually the downside of MS being blackmailed to allow EA to run their own matching and auth servers for their XBL games.

That and the fact that MS was forced to close down their sports games department which cost us great snowboard games and what was the best rally games at the time

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This is nothing new ea has always done this kind of thing I used to play madden a lot and they would shut it down about a year to a year and a half after release part of the reason i stopped buying them.

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Downside of dedicated servers.

For consoles. PC is another thing and another discussion, which I think is easily shown what happens when it's not there with MW2.

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EA make a lot of sports games :p But seriously, what's the point in using EAs silly matchmaking if they're going to shut down support after a year? I'm surprised any 08 or 09 titles are there.

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