EA to stop online support for six PSP games

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 3rd 2007 at 5:00AM }

Starting September 1st, EA will officially shut down servers for the following online-enabled PSP titles:

FIFA Soccer 06
FIFA World Cup 2006
Fight Night Round 3
Madden NFL 06
NBA Live 06

In addition, Need for Speed Most Wanted will go offline starting November 1st. It looks like those of you that need an online racing fix might need to consider an alternative (like Test Drive Unlimited?). Unfortunately, it's commonplace for games to lose online support after a few years. Considering EA's love of making their franchises annual, it seems like they're really urging you to buy a new version of one of their products.

[Via PlayStation boards]

Tags: ea, fifa, fightnight, madden, nbalive, needforspeed, offline

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MasterREAVer @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:30AM

And what if someone just buyed the game cause the infrastructure mode? -they can go to hell, as far as EA is concerned.... pretty disapointing EA ,would have hoped more from you....

MasterREAVer @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:32AM

not buyed, bought...sorry :)

txa1265 @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:41AM

Re: MasterREAVer - that is unfortunately the standard EA practice - buy it annually or be SOL.

h0mi @ Aug 3rd 2007 10:59AM

Are people still playing these games? It's 1 thing for EA to shut them down, screwing customers over but if noone is playing, that's an indication that you'd be wasting your time with the game.

required @ Aug 3rd 2007 11:43AM

I'm not sure why they are shutting these sites down and I question both the legality and ethics of doing so. I mean the packaging says online play...

txa1265 @ Aug 3rd 2007 12:05PM

@required - if you read the EULA in the manual (perhaps it is in-game as well) it clearly states that online support is provided guaranteed for 1 year from published release date. So when I got Madden '07 PSP last year it said that the site isn't guaranteed to work after August 1st '07 (or somewhere thereabouts)

required @ Aug 3rd 2007 12:59PM

txa1265, I understand what you are saying but in order to read this disclaimer you need to literally/fiscally buy the li(n)e that is on the outside of the packaging.

I think this is the sort of illegal thing that is often referred to as "bait and switch". Then again I'm no lawyer.