Madden 25, 15 & 16 | Online Services and Product Support Retiring

Hi, Madden Community.

Thank you for your loyalty and passion for Madden NFL over the years. As of December 14, 2020, the online services and support for the following Madden Titles will be retired:

Madden NFL 25
Madden NFL 15
Madden NFL 16

After this date, you’ll still be able to play offline modes on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

We would love for you to continue to be a part of our Madden community. As a thank you for your continued support, we are offering you a package for The Yard content that you can redeem in Madden 21.

For further information, please check out help.ea.com.

EASPORTS Madden Dev Team

EA_Blueberry
5 years ago
@Landeeno914 wrote:

Does this include offline draft champions?

@Landeeno914

Yes, MUT is part of online services.

We unfortunately cannot move online cloud franchises to offline franchises because saves for offline franchises are local saves to the console's hardware. This is a technical limitation and overall not an easy decision when servers are taken down.

From our Online Services website for a broader explanation behind this decision:

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.

Thank you for playing Madden NFL.

13 Replies

EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
5 years ago
Bumping as a reminder.
nathanfr
5 years ago
Did yall decide to kill the other maddens too without telling us? Online features for 17 & 18 are in the crapper right now.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
5 years ago
@nathanfr

Services for those games are still live. A list of what servers have been shut down can be seen here: https://www.ea.com/service-updates/i-q

I see that there are players currently online playing 17 and 18.

Connection Troubleshooting

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/connection-troubleshooting-basic/
cphil527
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry This really sucks! Can't afford to buy the new Madden, let alone the new console. Had a few friends that I played with quite a bit on Madden 16, especially in 2020 as we are quarantined. Ugghhhh....this sucks!!!
cphil527
5 years ago
We show loyalty as players of these games and are never showed any loyalty back from the producers of these games. Not surprised!
Brinnis69
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Can you at LEAST make the features that require a connection to the servers not need them? Or allow me to move an online franchise to offline? this is bull *.
beezy34atl
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Please bring back the server for madden 25 please!!!
Landeeno914
5 years ago
Does this include offline draft champions?
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
5 years ago
@Landeeno914 wrote:

Does this include offline draft champions?

@Landeeno914

Yes, MUT is part of online services.

We unfortunately cannot move online cloud franchises to offline franchises because saves for offline franchises are local saves to the console's hardware. This is a technical limitation and overall not an easy decision when servers are taken down.

From our Online Services website for a broader explanation behind this decision:

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.

Thank you for playing Madden NFL.
scarletknight39
5 years ago
As to Maddsn 18, when I try to play Franchise, it says "this game mode is temporarily unavailable." And I can't move the franchise file from Cloud to offline. Also, from the list of discontinued servers, it says that Madden 18 will be "removed from the play list on April 16th. Does that mean that the game will be unplayable in less than two months? Will I be able to access the franchise file and continue to play online?
Also, same questions regarding NHL 18. Will league mode still be available come April 16th?