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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of those are pretty old, so I guess I understand, but shutting down 2 year old FIFA games seems malicious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think for FIFA games it's related with the expired license with FIFA itself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like poor license planning to me.

To compare: Dead by Daylight lost its licensing partnership with Netflix’s Stranger Things. Players could still use the characters they bought in online matches, they just weren’t available for purchase anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah but the license is literally in the name. which is why the new game is mostly the same but with new name EA Sports FC