Just got off the phone with them. Basically told me to get a refund from origin bc there were not supporting that game anymore and didn't have an estimated time frame of when it will be fixed. They shut down the public servers but should still work for private. Which that last part didn't make sense.If you shut down servers how would we connect?
So you got told the equivalent of "meh" by EA, eh? OK, to be fair we are talking about an 11 year old game that EA hardly turned a profit on, and has never brought a shred of money in a few months post game launch. So on the 1 hand I do understand why EA wouldn't have it as a high priority when the servers have issues, I'm actually surprised they kept them going considering all the behind the scenes work that go on when trying to keep servers up.
It just feels like a final slap that this was the ending we got, they put it behind an internet wall, and then shut it down. I just feel if EA really sees no money in this and doesn't see the value of keeping C&C4 active then they should really consider just sending a patch out to make it work offline. It would free up their resources and it wouldn't really annoy anyone who may want to play it, even considering what kind of a game it was.
Also, you are right, what in the world does "private servers" still work, mean?
Edit: for anyone still following this, the game works again. I just played a round. If anyone from EA is reading this, I stand by what I said, but I give you credit for turning the servers back on, anyways...and also the fact that to my memory this is the first time in the 11 years the game has been out that this has happened so...little miracles, I suppose?
