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EA shutting down Battlefield 2 360, Need For Speed and Tiger Woods servers
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sixteen-bit
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RIP Skate 
MetalFearSolid
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Scared me about BF2 thank god it was console versions..Misleading thread title
Stallion Free
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You should have a mod fix the title because Battlefield 2 is a PC title and completely different from BF2 Modern Combat and the title was completely misleading because of that.
Also, there would be a shit storm if they did that to actual BF2.
Also, there would be a shit storm if they did that to actual BF2.
Joseph Merrick
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not really. are there even ea servers for bf2?Stallion Free said:
Noisepurge
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Stallion Free said:
Don't think that would matter too much since anyone can make a server? I don't think i've ever played on EA servers.
Thread title needs changing, shame on you OP, Battlefield 2 isn't mentioned anywhere in OP.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is but that's an entirely different beast and a shit game. There's no PS3 version shut down because there's no PS3 version. In fact the 360 version is just a port of the PS2 version. Awful game, kill it with fire.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is but that's an entirely different beast and a shit game. There's no PS3 version shut down because there's no PS3 version. In fact the 360 version is just a port of the PS2 version. Awful game, kill it with fire.
That's why I came into the thread, I was about to kick up a fuss. I still play BF2.Stallion Free said:
bluedeviltron
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Lol @ "Battlefield 2"
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
But you'd have to search around for their IP to enter manually since without EA's servers you'd not be able to get a server list at all.Noisepurge said:
I imagine all the rank unlocks wouldn't function anymore either.
Edit: hell, maybe the whole game wouldn't function? You still have to login to EA's servers before playing, right? Gotta love logins.
Anyway, as long as it's decently popular they won't be shutting it down. They still get paid from server hosts if they want their server to be ranked.
See above, they can still mess up your game pretty bad whether they allow user created servers or not as the company still provides at least some critical functionality.Zzoram said:
Neuromancer
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They didn't have Online Passes
(Hey what was the original title?)
(Hey what was the original title?)
MetalFearSolid
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Surprised NFS:Most Wanted made it this far without EA shutting down servers..great game I think it was the best NFSinner-G said:
TheVarangian
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i dont know how much overhead is requires on EA's part for bf2's infrastructure to stay up. can't be much since hell, even the bf1942 demo is still showing servers on the server browser.
crowphoenix
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Fuck you, EA. I will never be fully done playing Most Wanted.
Bitmap Frogs
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But it shows that if given the opportunity they will.StuBurns said:
They could, but it doesn't make good business sense to do so, so they won't. The way EA are going, they're probably ramping up for a single unified cross game online system on all services, and if you lingered on BC2 three years from you'd probably be inordinate with "play BF3 (or whatever is out, probably BC3) for free this weekend!" shit constantly. Forcing the consumers hand isn't good for either party ultimately.Zzoram said:
They shut down servers because no one cares about them, not because they are trying to force a community to move. It's all yearly sports games that users buy every year for roster updates and old crap no one cares about.
No question the PC alternative of total freedom is massively better, but I don't think for any 'pressuring' reasons. The real reason this is bad form is just for historical documentation reasons, those products are going to be incomplete forever, which is a shame.
Azure Dream
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This really shouldn't be an allowed thing. There needs to be some kind of Plan B for allowing continued online play of older, less popular games.
Stallion Free
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They could shutdown the master server forcing you to manually find IPs for regular servers. I assume that is part of what they do here when shutting down servers.Joseph Merrick said:
Sho_Nuff82
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What was the original thread title?
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Wouldn't that allow EA to shut the server down before it even potentially goes up?Kulock said:
That said I wonder how if a private company could make a profitable business with the model of providing server access to older games removed by their companies (working as a partner with the publisher).
TheVarangian
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Billychu said:
they are shutting down service for games barely anyone plays. last i checked bf2 has around ~200 servers up filled with people all the time. i would say it's activity rivals bc2.
Live Free or Die
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nows the time to get those online trophies.
Broder Salsa
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10? Really? That's not that old and my dad is still playing the shit out of it.
nephilimdj
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Best part of BF2 MC was the challenge modes, Multi-player was pretty bad (novalogic clone).
Bumblebeetuna
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BatmanBatmanBatman said:
Madden 10 as well? Really EA? I wonder how many of these games truly have low numbers of players and how many they are just trying to funnel into newer games. After all if the cancel these 2010 sports titles and people buy '11 versions, they'll make a good bit of money off online pass sales.
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