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Whether you like it or not, companies can’t keep game servers running forever. This stuff costs money, and since most console games are free to play online—or at the very least require an Xbox live membership which funnels no proceeds to the companies that manage the servers you are playing on—less popular games simply have to be phased out eventually. EA is currently looking to chop down its server total by quite a bit. According to an EA press release, the titles that they are getting rid of cotain “less than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles.” So these games are unpopular enough to literally not affect 99% of EA’s game population. It’s a strange thought, considering how big these games were back in the day. 
Madden NFL 10 and NHL 10 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 will be following shortly thereafter on October 1st. |