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EA Cutting costs?

07 Aug, 2006, 5:30 pm IST | by Avinash Bali |

Is developer EA cutting down costs to even out certain losses (cough* The Godfather* cough) we aren't aware of? Yeah sure it may be a conspiracy theory formulated by yours truly, but think of it, last week they were one of the publishers that had a problem with E3 and felt the event was way to exorbitant to be financially beneficial. This week, we get news that EA has shut down servers for all its games released in 2005 and to add insult to injury, it seems official support for these games will cease by the 1st of October. Here's a list of games you won't be able to play online from this month onward:
  • FIFA Soccer 2005 for PS2
  • FIFA Soccer 2005 for Xbox
  • FIFA Soccer 2005 Demo for Xbox
  • FIFA Soccer 2005 for PC
  • EA Sports Fight Night Round 2 for PS2
  • EA Sports Fight Night Round 2 for Xbox EA_logo.jpg
  • NCAA March Madness 2005 for PS2
  • NCAA March Madness 2005 for Xbox
  • NBA Live 2005 for Xbox
  • NBA Live 2005 for PC
  • NBA Live 05 for PS2
  • NBA Street V3 for PS2
  • NBA Street V3 for Xbox
  • NCAA Football 2005 for PS2
  • Need for Speed Underground 2 Demo for PC
  • Need for Speed Underground 2 for PC
  • Need for Speed Underground 2 for Xbox
  • NHL 2005 for PS2
  • NHL 2005 for Xbox
  • NHL 2005 for PC
  • Total Club Manager 06 for PS2
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 for PS2
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 for PC
  • UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for PS2
  • UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for PC
  • UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 for Xbox
And here are the games you won't be able from the 1st of October:
  • Madden NFL 2005 for PS2
  • Madden NFL 2005 for Xbox
  • Madden NFL 2005 for PC
  • NFL Street 2: Unleashed for PS2
  • NFL Street 2: Unleashed for Xbox
I really can't say I care since 90% of these are sports titles. EA_logo.jpg

Tags: EA , E3 , The Godfather

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