EA to shut down online services for multiple titles

One day after finding $750 million USD under the bed to buy PopCap, EA decides it can’t scratch together enough change to keep online servers for two year old games running.
With titles like NHL ’10 and Madden NFL ’10 on the list (reproduced below), it’s difficult to see this as anything other than a strongarm attempt to make players buy the latest version of each series. Because that’s precisely what it is.
EA claim that these shutdowns will affect “fewer than 1% of all peak online players”. Now, I’m not saying I don’t believe that figure, but I’d like to see the full statistics before I’m convinced.
Anyway, bad news if you still played any of the following titles online:
August 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown

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Source: ea.com


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