Sorry, we have decided you are done with that game

[Ohio Joe]

EA is turning off servers on April 13th for the following:

BOOM BLOX Bash Party for Wii
Burnout™ Revenge for Xbox 360
EA Create for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360
EA Sports Active 2.0 for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360
EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp for Wii
FIFA 10 for PlayStation Portable and Wii
The Godfather™ II for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
MMA for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Need for Speed™ ProStreet for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
The Saboteur™ (loss of The Midnight Club access) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Spare Parts for PlayStation 3 Xbox 360

http://www.ea.com/1/service-updates

Fuck you EA.

[The Straight Story]

1. Wonder if they will now refund the game price? (nt)

[Whisp]

2. not much notice. what the heck is up with that?

sounds like more ridiculous scamming.

no fricken honor anymore

[joshcryer]

3. This is why I'm a PC gamer.

[Angleae]

4. Even some PC games get hit.

MMOs that shut down the servers are the most common. Activation servers that no longer exist or no longer recognize the game (good luck reinstalling it).

[Posteritatis]

5. Getting around that for PC games is rather easier, though. (nt)

[Angleae]

6. For some, yes. Others, no.

AFAIK, MMOs that require server connections are DOA when the server goes off-line (yet another reason I don't play MMOs).

[Ohio Joe]

7. Not always...

A lot of it depends on the popularity of the game. Personal servers can be had even before the game goes offline, it depends on if someone makes it and releases it. Wiki has a list of some of them here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_MMORPGs_with_a_server_emulator

[joshcryer]

8. The first game I ever played was Hard Hat Mack.

I can still play it on a PC. I still have the original floppy it came on.

I have played hundreds of games over the years, and so far I can only think of one game that I couldn't get working or gave me a headache (GRAW 2, really buggy).

I remember getting a PS2 game with an "internet connection" (one of the SOCOM games I think) about 5 years after it came out. Hooked up the internet cable, no go.

The same version of the game on PC still had servers and people playing regularly.

You can go get Quake 1 right now, a game that's 15 years old, and find people playing it.

You can get an emulator and play any game made pretty much back to the inception of video games.

PC's are awesome.

[Angleae]

9. I have only one game I can't get working (that I know of).

That one being Might & Magic 8. I can get 6 & 7 to work, but not 8. There are a couple others that I could probably get working, but not without a major headache that makes it not worthwhile. I just with I had a working widescreen patch for KOTOR I & II.