HardcoreModz
EA recently announced it's plans to shut down yet more game servers.
Included are some Battlefield games, and annual sports titles including
the not so distant Madden 10, and NHL 10.
“We would rather our hard-working engineering and IT staff focus on
keeping a positive experience for the other 99% of customers playing our
more popular games. We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out
of the games and we appreciate your ongoing patronage.”
Such a move is obviously done in attempt to cut costs and make EA more
profitable, but one has to wonder where this leaves many of today's
games in 2-3 years. The current trend in gaming is A: a multiplayer
focus, and B: annual sequels, so it is a hard pill to swallow knowing
that your 60$ game could have online functionality cut out in a few
short years because "99% of customers" want to play the next generic
shooter "Call of Honor: Modern Battlefield 7."
Such a trend makes me happy to know that games like Mass Effect 3,
Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Fallout are very much single player
focused.
http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/ea-shutting-down-more-game-servers/
