EA cutting off their nose to spite their face?

EA has pulled yet another online game. A continuation of the strategy they seem hyper fixated on. Which is consumers/customers continuing to play and enjoy their old games. They announced it in their quarterly statements earlier this month and they were heavily in swing of that directive the month prior in January.

To be completely forthright EA this small minded thinking is what got you where you are today. The better strategy is to produce new games that are so fun, interesting, superior and based on feedback from the players. Then people will upgrade happily and willingly. Feels a lot less like being forced and more like an autonomous choice.

Just another example of why things are going to get worse before they get better. Unless the additional information we are missing is just how badly the negotiations are going and the NFL is bailing.

The article:

https://gamerant.com/es-sports-ufc-3-shutdown-sunset-removed-delisted-multiplayer/

This is becoming more and more common in the industry unfortunately.   Video Game preservation is a very real concern as major companies look to delist older games with the goal to push people to newer games. 

It seems short sighted and misguided to do it this way instead of making a better product that people will naturally want to move to.

I don't know of any software company that maintains/provides support for old versions in perpetuity.  It's really not sustainable.

Odog123 said:

EA has pulled yet another online game. A continuation of the strategy they seem hyper fixated on. Which is consumers/customers continuing to play and enjoy their old games. They announced it in their quarterly statements earlier this month and they were heavily in swing of that directive the month prior in January.

To be completely forthright EA this small minded thinking is what got you where you are today. The better strategy is to produce new games that are so fun, interesting, superior and based on feedback from the players. Then people will upgrade happily and willingly. Feels a lot less like being forced and more like an autonomous choice.

Just another example of why things are going to get worse before they get better. Unless the additional information we are missing is just how badly the negotiations are going and the NFL is bailing.

The article:

https://gamerant.com/es-sports-ufc-3-shutdown-sunset-removed-delisted-multiplayer/

Game came out 2018 , how long do you think they should keep it going ?

PaulieV said:

I don't know of any software company that maintains/provides support for old versions in perpetuity.  It's really not sustainable.

You and Massdolphin make good points. 7 years is a pretty good run for that game and most of the games in question are older. Lot of mobile too. This being associated with a big tank, big future questions, big statements and directives (directives is technically an assumption I have based on what I’ve learned in reading/following this and where it becomes opinion.) laid out by some of the highest level people at EA I would not consider either. Here is an article from the same site that has more details.

https://gamerant.com/ea-game-shutdowns-january-2025-simpsons-pga-tour/