You have to shake your head in disbelief over the irony of this situation. EA forgets to tell paying customers about a server shutdown, and at the bottom of the page, EA hilariously suggests to us gamers to "join the conversation." Perhaps EA should follow their own suggestions. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitch are all listed at the bottom of the page. The thought never occurred to EA that maybe they should use one of the FIVE social media platforms that they suggest? You know, to actually keep people informed.
This is exactly why the video games industry needs to be more regulated and game companies held more accountable. The days of video games just being some silly little hobby for kids is long gone. Video games are big business, and should be held to the high standards of other consumer products. EA's net income was 3 billion dollars in 2020. That's just EA. Now throw in PlayStation, Xbox, Rockstar, Ubisoft, Nintendo, etc. You get the idea. Again, servers get taken down. That's okay. What's not okay is when the paying customers aren't given the opportunity to finish up a game before a multi-billion dollar company takes the servers down. Rockstar thought highly enough of their players to give 3 months warning before the servers for LA Noire and Max Payne 3 get taken down. Rockstar also was considerate enough to give 6 months, half a year, notice about the GTA servers coming down. It's good to know exactly how EA feels about their gamers and how EA feels about their responsibility to keep their customers informed.
