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brawndolicious

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EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« on: August 11, 2006, 06:48:03 AM »
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/8/6/4893

These are the games that will cease to be playable online on October 1:

Madden NFL 2005 for PS2
Madden NFL 2005 for Xbox
Madden NFL 2005 for PC
NFL Street 2: Unleashed for PS2
NFL Street 2: Unleashed for Xbox

These are the games that dropped off the servers as of August 1:

FIFA Soccer 2005 for PS2
FIFA Soccer 2005 for Xbox
FIFA Soccer 2005 Demo for Xbox
FIFA Soccer 2005 for PC
EA Sports Fight Night Round 2 for PS2
EA Sports Fight Night Round 2 for Xbox
NCAA March Madness 2005 for PS2
NCAA March Madness 2005 for Xbox
NBA Live 2005 for Xbox
NBA Live 2005 for PC
NBA Live 05 for PS2
NBA Street V3 for PS2
NBA Street V3 for Xbox
NCAA Football 2005 for PS2
Need for Speed Underground 2 Demo for PC
Need for Speed Underground 2 for PC
Need for Speed Underground 2 for Xbox
NHL 2005 for PS2
NHL 2005 for Xbox
NHL 2005 for PC
Total Club Manager 06 for PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 for PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 for PC
UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for PS2
UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for PC
UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for Xbox

I was thinking that the games could just be playable on xbox live now that EA isn't putting them on their spamming servers, but it says that the games will cease to be playable online.
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Bloodwake

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2006, 09:49:13 AM »
Good thing I don't care about any of these games.
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Matlock

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2006, 10:01:32 AM »
EA supported online game servers for two years?  That's awful!
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brawndolicious

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2006, 03:38:17 PM »
this is what I would consider a problem.
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MiG

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2006, 05:46:40 PM »
Whoa, shit, wtf? Imagine how many more sales Madden 06 would have had if Madden 05 didn't still have online play.

You screwed yourself EA. You only have yourself to blame. Hopefully, they will come to their senses and remove Online play from Madden 06 and make Madden 07 the only Madden online game.


MADDENOLIDAY IS HERE
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Christopher

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2006, 05:49:32 PM »
Or how about just MADDEN ONLINE and then charge for new roster / graphical updates every so often?
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MiG

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2006, 05:53:53 PM »
Quote from: Christopher on August 11, 2006, 05:49:32 PM
Or how about just MADDEN ONLINE and then charge for new roster / graphical updates every so often?

Mid August, every year?
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Smegma Sandwich

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2006, 04:02:40 PM »
 Being made by EA I am suprised they kept the online play in for that long. If you look on the back of the Madden cases it says EA can remove online servers anytime starting August of the next year.
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TVC15

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Re: EA dropping online play for back catologue.
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2006, 04:16:38 PM »
I think it would be reasonable if they supported online multiplayer only for a year on their sports games.
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