EA had previously stopped providing network services for Madden 09, NCAA Football 09, Fight Night Round 3 and other games. Now, EA did not stop this action and the scale is also growing in recent days. EA will close a number of game network services once again because of the scarcity of players.
List is as follows:
Def Jam( PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360);
Godfather ( PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360);
Lord of the Rings: Conquest ( PC, PlayStation 3 version and Xbox 360 versions);
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC);
Need for Speed: Carbon (PSP);
Need for Speed: ProStreet (PSP);
The Simpsons Game(PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) These games web services will stop on March 16, 2010.
In addition, Burnout 3: Takedown(PlayStation 2); Army of Two (PlayStation 3) of the Asian version will be stopped on April 15, 2010.
It will be more convincing to shut down online services if EA released the special number of people, rather than let people guess just EA does this action in order to reduce the costs.