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ragnarok013
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5 years ago
@Noodlesocks you can still play them if you use GameRanger. A couple of times per year I still boot up BF2 and play that way. GameRanger basically replaces GameSpy.
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Noodlesocks
5 years ago
@ragnarok013 wrote:
@Noodlesocksyou can still play them if you use GameRanger. A couple of times per year I still boot up BF2 and play that way. GameRanger basically replaces GameSpy.

Yeah but I'd prefer official support and something that isn't essentially a virtual LAN.

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    ragnarok013
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    5 years ago
    @Noodlesocks GameSpy was never official in that sense and GameRanger replaces the GameSpy functionality 1:1 so I don't really see the difference between the two experiences when I play. Naturally since most people don't know about GameRanger the player numbers are smaller.
    • Modl's avatar
      Modl
      5 years ago

      Battlefield 2142 will never come to EA Play.

      Some state GameSpy as the reason why, others will state the age or the mechanics or even the lack of popularity.

      It's all of those reasons. 2142 received some decent reception on launch and still survives through fan-operated 

      client and server-side modification. The game even is connected (somewhat) to releases such as Battlefield 4 which

      to some capacity acknowledge the existence of 2142 (Hangar 21: Titan Prototype & Drop-pod Cannons). The game

      is a fairly old title that flies under the radar a lot more frequently than Battlefield Vietnam.

      It's gimmicky and only acts as an independent pseudo-expansion of Battlefield 2's mechanics.

      The demand to play isn't as large as a game like Battlefield 3, 4 or Hardline and there's a cost involved for EA to even

      consider to make a one-time final patch for EA Play to receive 2142 as one of it's many titles, a cost that

      financially will not be worth it for a game that will not likely see the returns of that cost for years, maybe even ever.

      You might still be able to get Battlefield 2142 Deluxe Edition on Origin as a digital title legitimately.

      The method itself isn't possible for everyone and will require an original (not second hand) release copy, proof of original

      ownership and contacting EA Support (though this may not work nowadays).

      TLDR:

      - Game too old

      - Financial Risk not worth it

      - Demand to Play too low to expect anything more than homages.

      - You ,may be able to still get it via Origin legitimately through EA Support, if EA Support does continue the physical to digital transfer

         with CD Key + Proof of Physical Disk Ownership.

      • Turbo_Nozomix's avatar
        Turbo_Nozomix
        Seasoned Scout
        5 years ago

        @DeMiGoD1988  @Modl 

         
        I don't think that Gamespy or financial risk are reasons for it not being available.
         
        The server hosting that Gamespy used to provide is easily replaceable - and fans have created their own server services for 2142, Bf2, and Bf 1942. It would be no effort for EA to launch 10 or 20 servers of their own to provide places for people to play, and that would represent an extremely-negligible expense and effort for EA. And I say 10 - 20 servers because before Gamespy server hosting shut-down, I don't think there were even 5 well-populated servers of 2142. There were lots of populated Bf2 servers, though.
         
        And there is no financial risk because the game has long-since ended development and patching. The only costs would be in bandwidth (so little of it and so cheap it's not worth mentioning), and server-hosting for 10 - 20 servers would be so cheap, it wouldn't impact anything for EA. EA probably has many times that many servers not being used for anything right now.
         
        It wouldn't cost anything notable for EA to make Bf 2142 and all the other classic Battlefields available to play.
         
         
        I think the reason why EA hasn't made the classic Battlefield games available on their own servers is because EA, being a company run by greedy investors, just doesn't care to give players that enjoyment, because EA management doesn't place any value on that enjoyment, only on making money. And there probably isn't significant money to be made from the classic Battlefield games now - at least enough that EA would consider it worth lifting a finger to make available.
         
        So, I don't think there's an issue about the cost of hosting servers and downloads for the classic Battlefields. I think that the issue is more that it wouldn't profit EA much to make them available, and so EA just doesn't care.
         
        I also suspect that EA wants to coerce people to buy and play newer games, especially ones with monetization in them, and to not have people critically compare EA's newer games (which are inferior in design) to their older games.

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