River_Rat_459
07-13-2011, 14:15
Electronic Arts has published a list of 17 titles, primarily for consoles, that will be losing their online functionality next month, including Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/battlefield-2-mc/), Army of Two (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/army-of-two/), and Skate (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/skate/). The decision to do this is made when an extremely small number of players continue to actively play any given game.
As the Online Service Updates page (http://www.ea.com/1/service-updates) puts it, "The decisions to retire older EA games are never easy. The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into these games almost as much as the customers playing them and it is hard to see one retired. But as games get replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles below a point -- fewer than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles -- where it's feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these games up and running.
"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."
It's not (http://www.1up.com/news/closing-online-servers) the first time (http://www.1up.com/news/shuts-servers-madden-06) EA has taken (http://www.1up.com/news/shutting-servers-sports-titles) old games offline. The service updates page lists all of the previous games that have had their online modes killed, many of which are old sports and racing titles.
The same could be said for this batch of titles; more than half are either a racing or sports game, with the others being older shooters or demos, such as the Battlefield 2142 (http://www.1up.com/games/pc/battlefield-2142) PC demo.
The full list of titles having their online services shut down follows below. The majority will go down on August 11, with two others following on October 1.
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
SOURCE: http://www.1up.com/news/army-of-two-skate-ea-games-los-online-play
As the Online Service Updates page (http://www.ea.com/1/service-updates) puts it, "The decisions to retire older EA games are never easy. The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into these games almost as much as the customers playing them and it is hard to see one retired. But as games get replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles below a point -- fewer than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles -- where it's feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these games up and running.
"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."
It's not (http://www.1up.com/news/closing-online-servers) the first time (http://www.1up.com/news/shuts-servers-madden-06) EA has taken (http://www.1up.com/news/shutting-servers-sports-titles) old games offline. The service updates page lists all of the previous games that have had their online modes killed, many of which are old sports and racing titles.
The same could be said for this batch of titles; more than half are either a racing or sports game, with the others being older shooters or demos, such as the Battlefield 2142 (http://www.1up.com/games/pc/battlefield-2142) PC demo.
The full list of titles having their online services shut down follows below. The majority will go down on August 11, with two others following on October 1.
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
SOURCE: http://www.1up.com/news/army-of-two-skate-ea-games-los-online-play