bc2/EA question

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This is taken directly from the steam website what does it mean by EA may retire online features after 30 days posted on EA.com?

Online Disclaimer

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY. ACCESS TO ONLINE FEATURES AND/OR SERVICES REQUIRES AN EA ACCOUNT AND REGISTRATION WITH THE ENCLOSED SERIAL CODE. REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE FEATURES IS LIMITED TO ONE EA ACCOUNT PER SERIAL CODE AND IS NON-TRANSFERABLE. EA ONLINE TERMS & CONDITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT www.ea.com. YOU MUST BE 13+ TO REGISTER FOR AN EA ACCOUNT. EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE POSTED ON www.ea.com.
 
That just means that they might shut down the servers for the game, like they did with some of the NHL and Madden-games. Only they have to give a 30 days notice of this happening and then do it. No, they will not shut down the BC2 servers after 30 days you have purchased it, but at some point in the now distant future that will happen when no one plays it anymore.
 
Stormrider^ said:
That just means that they might shut down the servers for the game, like they did with some of the NHL and Madden-games. Only they have to give a 30 days notice of this happening and then do it. No, they will not shut down the BC2 servers after 30 days you have purchased it, but at some point in the now distant future that will happen when no one plays it anymore.
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Pretty much this. Basically EA is reserving the right to shut down game servers. They've been known to it before, though that was on the PS2 and before there were independent networks that weren't run by EA.

It's doubtful though that EA would do anything like this, especially with their long history of supporting Battlefield games indefinitely.
 
Stormrider^ said:
That just means that they might shut down the servers for the game, like they did with some of the NHL and Madden-games. Only they have to give a 30 days notice of this happening and then do it. No, they will not shut down the BC2 servers after 30 days you have purchased it, but at some point in the now distant future that will happen when no one plays it anymore.
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The servers wont shut down until the game is COMPLETELY obsolete... which is in like 6 years..
 
Saeten said:
The servers wont shut down until the game is COMPLETELY obsolete... which is in like 6 years..
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And still EA just shut down servers for games that got released in 2009.
However, no worries, the servers in BC2 will last a lot longer than anyone's interest in the game. :)
 
Its just like a safety thing for them i guess. If no ones playing, they turn off the servers or limit it to less.

More people = more servers.
 
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