Thread: EA To 'Retire' 17 Older Game Servers

EA To 'Retire' 17 Older Game Servers

EA have posted up an online service update, announcing that the publisher will be "retiring" quite a number of the older EA game servers, including servers for Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and the PSP version of Medal of Honor Airborne.

"The decisions to retire older EA games are never easy," says EA. "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.

Here is the list of servers that will be shut down come August 11:

- 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 will see these services retired:

- Madden NFL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- NHL® 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

How can battlefield 2 be shut down its less than a year old? Why are only some of the ps3 counterparts of titles being shut down?

I know. That is very stupid. I guess with the new games like madden 12, 10 isnt needed cuz people will only play the newer ones.

I have people on my xbox360 list who still play nhl08 as do I its actually better then the newer ones.

Originally Posted by kuijiblob

How can battlefield 2 be shut down its less than a year old? Why are only some of the ps3 counterparts of titles being shut down?

What are you talking about? Battlefield 2 : Modern Combat came out back in 2006.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat /= Battlefield Bad Company 2

Originally Posted by kuijiblob

How can battlefield 2 be shut down its less than a year old? Why are only some of the ps3 counterparts of titles being shut down?

Its not battlefield bad company 2, its battlefield 2 modern combat which is years old

This Games for me won't be missed

- Need for Speed™ Most Wanted for PC and Xbox 360

this will

So with the latest games getting a seperate fee to use the online content (Used market) they're now closing servers aswell........Madden servers are not that old.
hmmmmm somethings messed up

Psn Pass + EA Pass = Garbage