+1 to the 404 party: Series X, w/pristine, physical disc in the drive AND active, GamePass Ult sub.
Hey EA -- try to gauge the degree of displeasure when, despite owning a self-purchased hard copy of your annually disappointing, but singularly licensed, NFL goof-fest, me and my SOLO FRANCHISE are FORCED (as EA began w/Madden24) to maintain a persistently logged-in connection, which I did, begrudgingly but without incident...until roughly 2 weeks ago when Project 404 and EA's hardcoded refusal to afford their physical media owners offline play FORCED me to pound sand instead of decompressing with the only NFL video game out there.
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I'll fully expect 404 to persist since we're talking about M24 and M26 has been out for...get ready for it...
about 2 weeks
"Our" M24 404 error popped up right about when M26 hit the street.
And because I can't just, y'know, play from my hard drive install and game saves w/my PAID RETAIL $$ FOR NIB phys disc in the optical drive...please find and fix your SNAFU.
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Madden 24 was the last EA-anything I purchased, have since (and I've reliably been with EA since the early Sega Genesis years) or will for however long is the continuing misfortune (for us, the paying customers anyway) of EA Sports' exclusive NFL rights.
EA gives Ubisuck a run for the en**bleep**ification money.
Well done.