Community ManagerMadden 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
@Landeeno914 wrote:
Does this include offline draft champions?
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.
