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It would be so funny if EA shuts the mod down, of a game they stop selling and want to shut down. This would be peak AAA gaming company behavior in 2026.
AAA publishers would irreversably delete all games more than about a year old, if they could.
Just to force you into buying and playing new games, regardless of whether you'd rather play something "old".
This, so much this....
Well about that. They have already done this with battlefield 2.
Wow. That's quite a small galaxy brain move. Well there is only one thing I can think of why they did it with Battlefield, so the player base is "forced" to play any newer version that is currently supported. In case of Anthem, it makes no sense to me, because there is no replacement. Usually companies go after games and services like these, if they offer an alternative to sell.
I guess we'll find out in the coming weeks. EA is quick to act.
That's the general idea: they don't shutdown games because "you can't support/keep server up forever"... they shutdown games for the otherwise illegal planned obsolescence.
You shut down a game people is playing, people that were playing that game are out looking for new game to (buy) play.
Anthem may have different interest from EA because nobody was playing; but they may still be out there to normalize planned obsolescence (and thus "protect" Anthem from being repaired