EA StaffHey @Dethco,
thank you for your post - great to hear that you're so passionate about several franchises even! To quote our website, since it says it very well:
The decisions to withdraw particular features or modes of certain EA games, or to retire online services relating to older EA games are never easy. The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into our games, their features and modes almost as much as the players, and it is hard to see one retired. As games are replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the games that have been live for some time dwindles to a level – typically fewer than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles – where it’s no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping the online services for these games up and running.
In some instances, where the online services for a particular game may no longer be available or supported, the game may still be played and enjoyed offline. Depending on the type of game, and the particular services which may no longer be supported, players’ inventory of virtual currency and/or in-game items may continue to be used, whether or not the applicable in-game store is open or disabled, and whether or not the game is still available for sale to new users.
That said, the feedback for Need for Speed has been heard, therefore a large portion of Need for Speed Payback is playable offline, not requiring online connectivity. While in Battlefield 1 and Battlefront II the focus is on the multiplayer game modes, they both do have campaign modes that are playable offline. To be safe there, I'd recommend checking the game information for online connection requirements.
Thank you again for your feedback, and I hope you'll have a lot of fun with our franchises going forward - have a great day!
