EA dropping online support for 'older' games

EA announced on Friday that it will discontinue online service for just about every non-2007 sports games including '06 titles starting September 1. PS2, Xbox 360, PSP, and PC games will all be affected.

This news makes Tiger sad

This news makes Tiger sad

The full list of games losing online support are as follows:

September 1, 2007 Online Service Shutdown
Arena Football (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
FIFA Soccer 06 (Xbox 360, PC)
FIFA Soccer 06 (PS2, PSP, PC, Xbox)
Fight Night Round 3 (PSP, Xbox)
Madden NFL 06 (Xbox 360, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox)
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (PS2, Xbox)
MVP 07 NCAA Baseball (PS2, Xbox)
NASCAR 06 Total Team Control (PS2, Xbox)
NBA Live 06 (Xbox 360, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox)
NCAA Football 2005 (Xbox)
NCAA Football 2006 (PS2, Xbox)
NCAA March Madness 06 (PS2, Xbox)
NFL Head Coach (PC, Xbox, PS2)
NHL 06 (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (Xbox 360, Xbox)

In addition, EA will also drop support for older racing games starting November 1 including Burnout Revenge (Xbox, PlayStation 2), Need for Speed Underground 1 and 2 (PC, PlayStation 2), and Need for Speed Most Wanted (PSP, Xbox).

THE VERDICT by Blake Snow Blake Snow's Avatar This sucks. Just as my faith in EA as a cool company was on the rise, they pull me right back in with this. That's one way to make people to upgrade to 07 titles... but it just feels wrong to include 06 versions.

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