Boom Blox Bash Party had a lot of great user created levels on there. Wish my file wouldn't have been lost due to my Wii going boom.

I like how they're also canning the online for EA MMA at the same time. You know, the game that was the first to use Online Pass.

This destroys the one and only reason why the Online Pass thing might ever have been a good idea. If they are still shutting down even the games which have it, then what good is it? I would never buy an online pass. If the game includes it, fine, but I would never spend extra on one, because the plug is still going to be pulled eventually regardless.

Hah, yeah. Apparently, EA doesn't care how worse and worse they look as long as they save the trivial amount of cash used to have a master server running. It's even more unnecessary when you consider the bulk of the online play is handled peer-to-peer.

Heh. Having the scheme read as "Used Game Penalty" probably wouldn't go over as well. It would be honest though. Oh, another stupid thing is that online support for The Saboteur (a single-player game) will be pulled and some extra content will be unavailable (legitimately, at least). I think the content included nudity for the game's gentleman's club hideout.

I wouldn't mind so much when they did this for older games if it didn't make some achievements impossible to get.

Imagine how pissed someone buying an Online Pass now must be knowing that paid $10 for it and will get to play online for less than a month. Makes me glad that most publishers don't host their own servers. I could still play a non-EA Xbox Live game from 2006 if I wanted (and could find others online).

TJ, I am shocked that you aren't defending EA. Maybe there is hope for you yet.  :cool;

I do wonder, does EA offer anything for someone who buys an online pass within a particular timeframe of the server being shut down?

I keep saying I'm going to get Boom Blox Bash Party and then promptly forgetting.  Maybe this will motivate me.

Is there content I need to download for Bash Party before the server goes down?  Frankly, I suspect the on-disc game content is all I'll care about and it's all I've spent time with so far...

As I recall, you can NOT download the user created content for BBBP, just temporarily grab it from the server and play it.
This is why this news particularly sucks. There are some really excellent user levels and soon, POOF, they will all disappear.

What did EA Sports Active 2.0 do online?

It was actually a pretty cool way to make the experience more than just a game, by letting you track and view your progress online.  Losing it won't really detract from the experience... but it was a neat feature!


Here is the EA press note about it:



Take Your Workout Online – Track your progress on the web via the EA SPORTS Active online global community.  EA SPORTS Active 2 tracks your fitness data online via automatic uploads to your online profile and allows you to share your data and connect with other users through workout groups - all while reaching your own personal fitness goals.