Hi, Madden Community. Thank you for your loyalty and passion for Madden NFL over the years. As of December 7th, 2021, the online services and support for the following Madden Titles will be retired: Madden NFL 17 Madden NFL Blitz After this date, you’ll still be able to play offline modes on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.For further information, please check out help.ea.com. The Madden Team

@EA_Blueberry Great news. I own SSX, so I downloaded it and accepted the terms and conditions. I then started NFL Blitz, it didn't try to download the T&C, and I was able to access the online aspects.

@repentanthades7 Glad to hear that worked! 🙂

This is ridiculous shut down online modes for older games just to make ppl buy new gens and newer games in order to play franchise mode .. the reason wr still play on ps3 is because the madden franchise game play is * on ps4 probably same on ps5 let the servers stay on for ps3 we got 4-7 legit lgs plus a legend lg one of the guys took his time out of his life to create

Taking down old servers really is a bummer to a lot of us. Especially in regards to Madden Ultimate Team. We lose the nostalgia we can feel going back and just looking at our old teams we grinded for and possibly spent money on. That makes me not wanna do the same for Maddens anymore, knowing the servers will be yanked in years time and all the grinding and money spent will be for naught. If something can be reverted or even have bad servers up, so many people would appreciate just the simple thing of looking at old ultimate teams they made. It sucks we now have lost access to 4 of them. 4 years of grinding and maybe money spent. Truly a sucky feeling for us who have enjoyed the game mode.

When I load up NFL Blitz on the Xbox 360 it attempts to retrieve the EA Terms and Conditions from the EA Server. It never succeeds though, so I can't play online. It seems the NFL Blitz server is already shut down. Turn that server back on so we at least have a chance to finish the game before December 7th, 2021.

Madden NFL 17 & Madden NFL Blitz | Online Services and Product Support Retiring

11 Replies

repentanthades7
4 years ago
When I load up NFL Blitz on the Xbox 360 it attempts to retrieve the EA Terms and Conditions from the EA Server. It never succeeds though, so I can't play online. It seems the NFL Blitz server is already shut down. Turn that server back on so we at least have a chance to finish the game before December 7th, 2021.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@repentanthades7

Are you able to load up a different EA Sports game from the Xbox store and accept the Terms of Conditions? I've seen this type of issue for NBA LIVE Jam and that can help get around it.
repentanthades7
4 years ago
@EA_Blueberry I don't own any other EA games for the Xbox 360 (that aren’t already shutdown themselves). I'm in the process of obtaining Madden NFL 17, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, and FIFA 18 from a friend to see if any of those will work.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@repentanthades7 Understandable. I know that some players have been able to download a demo/trial version of an EA sports game from the Xbox store.

The servers should still be active though. Have you tried power cycling your console and network to see if that would have any effect on connecting?
repentanthades7
4 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Great news. I own SSX, so I downloaded it and accepted the terms and conditions. I then started NFL Blitz, it didn't try to download the T&C, and I was able to access the online aspects.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@repentanthades7 Glad to hear that worked! 🙂
Mjcourtier81
4 years ago
This is ridiculous shut down online modes for older games just to make ppl buy new gens and newer games in order to play franchise mode .. the reason wr still play on ps3 is because the madden franchise game play is * on ps4 probably same on ps5 let the servers stay on for ps3 we got 4-7 legit lgs plus a legend lg one of the guys took his time out of his life to create
Rubensor
4 years ago
Hola, me gustaría acabar el juego y luego me compraría otro pero.....
CartyWRLD
4 years ago
Taking down old servers really is a bummer to a lot of us. Especially in regards to Madden Ultimate Team. We lose the nostalgia we can feel going back and just looking at our old teams we grinded for and possibly spent money on. That makes me not wanna do the same for Maddens anymore, knowing the servers will be yanked in years time and all the grinding and money spent will be for naught. If something can be reverted or even have bad servers up, so many people would appreciate just the simple thing of looking at old ultimate teams they made. It sucks we now have lost access to 4 of them. 4 years of grinding and maybe money spent. Truly a sucky feeling for us who have enjoyed the game mode.
k1nrz8hjx6y6
3 years ago
You can still play offline features: Franchise mode is one of them