Electronic Arts announced that by Feb. 2 it will take away online play from several sports games released in 2008 or earlier, thus negating any real reason to keep playing them and pushing customers to buying newer releases.
Here's the list of hobbled games, as reported by IGN:
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UEFA Champions League 07 PC and x360
Facebreaker x360 and PS3
Fantasy Football 09 x360 and PS3
FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC
Fight Night Round 3 PS2
Madden 08 Wii
Madden 08 PC
Madden 09 Xbox1
Madden 09 Wii and PSP
March Madness 07 x360
NBA 07 PSP, x360
NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii
NBA 09 Wii - Europe only
NBA Street (2007) PS3 and x360
NCAA Football 08 PS2
NCAA Football 09 PS2
NASCAR 08 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS3 and x360 - Europe Only
NFL Tour PS3 and x360
NHL 07 PSP and x360
NHL 08 PC
Tiger Woods 07 PC
Madden 09 x360 and PS3
Madden 07 Xbox 360
I already hate EA for a lot of reasons, piss-poor download service (Actually requires you to pay to try and download your game again if it msses up), awful customer service, the greed machine tactics they use with their titles that do sell well and their continued show of contempt towards the consumers they should be greatful to even have.
Most of these are console titles, there are a few PCs thrown in the mix. And according to other speculators, maybe one of the reasons they opted not to use Xbox's servers and use their own was because they wanted to pull the plug this quickly.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these games, but there is a reason I haven't purchased a multiplayer game from EA since Battle for Middle Earth II (in addition to how bad titles since have been).
