EA recently announced it’s plans to shut down yet more game servers. Included are some Battlefield games, and annual sports titles including the not so distant Madden 10, and NHL 10.
“We would rather our hard-working engineering and IT staff focus on keeping a positive experience for the other 99% of customers playing our more popular games. We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out of the games and we appreciate your ongoing patronage.”
Such a move is obviously done in attempt to cut costs and make EA more profitable, but one has to wonder where this leaves many of today’s games in 2-3 years. The current trend in gaming is A: a multiplayer focus, and B: annual sequels, so it is a hard pill to swallow knowing that your 60$ game could have online functionality cut out in a few short years because “99% of customers” want to play the next generic shooter “Call of Honor: Modern Battlefield 7.”
Such a trend makes me happy to know that games like Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Fallout are very much single player focused.
August 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
ARMY OF TWO™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 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
Previously Shut Down Online Service
Arena Football™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Arena Football™: Road to Glory for PlayStation 2 Armies of Exigo™ for PC Army of Two™ for PlayStation 3 (Asia only) Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™ for Xbox Burnout™ Revenge for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Burnout™ Dominator for PlayStation Portable Burnout™ 3: Takedown ™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Def Jam® for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 EA SPORTS™ Fantasy Football 09 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 EA SPORTS™ FIFA Manager 10 for PC EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 2 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox Facebreaker™ for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 FIFA Soccer 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox FIFA 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 FIFA 07 for PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 FIFA 08 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC FIFA 09 for PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii FIFA 09 Ultimate Team for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 FIFA Street 3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 The Godfather™ The Game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ for PC The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II for PC and Xbox 360 The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II, The Rise of the Witch-king™ for PC and Xbox 360 The Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 MVP Baseball™ 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox MVP™ 07 NCAA® Baseball for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Madden NFL 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox Madden NFL 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 08 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 09 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Xbox Madden 10 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2 and Wii Marvel Nemesis™: Rise of the Imperfects™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Medal of Honor Pacific Assault™ for PC Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun for PlayStation 2 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ for PC NASCAR® 05: Chase for the Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NASCAR® 06: Total Team Control for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NASCAR® 07 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 NASCAR® 08 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NASCAR® 09 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (Europe Only) NBA LIVE 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NBA LIVE 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NBA LIVE 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NBA LIVE 08 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii NBA LIVE 09 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii NBA Street (2007) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NBA Street V3 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Basketball 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Basketball 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Football 05 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 06 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 07 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox NCAA® Football 08 forPlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 09 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 NCAA® Football 10 for PlayStation 2 NCAA® March Madness 06 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® March Madness™ 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® March Madness® 07 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 Need for Speed™ Carbon for PlayStation Portable Need for Speed™ Most Wanted for PlayStation Portable and Xbox Need for Speed™ ProStreet for PC and PlayStation Portable Need for Speed™ Underground for PlayStation 2 Need for Speed™ Underground 2 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NFL Head Coach 09 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NFL STREET 2: Unleashed for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NFL STREET 3 for PlayStation 2 NFL Tour for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NHL® 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NHL® 06 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NHL® 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NHL® 08 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC NHL® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 The Simpsons™ Game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SimSocial on Facebook The Sims Carnival Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 for PC, PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 TimeSplitters 3: Future Perfect™ for Xbox and PlayStation 2 Total Club Manager 06 for PlayStation 2 UEFA Champions League™ 2004-2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox UEFA Champions League™ 2006-2007 for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable UEFA Champions League™ 07 for PC and Xbox 360 UEFA EURO 2008™ for PC PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 2006 FIFA World Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 2010 FIFA World Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (only Hospitality upload functionality retired) 2010 FIFA World Cup™ for PlayStation Portable and Wii 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- This article was updated on February 21st, 2018
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