@displace7 Thanks for the feedback, I'll pass it on to the team to look into.
CDs and DVDs, if not scratched, should last a long time (some specs state 100+ years, probably longer than there will be CD / DVD readers). NFS Carbon is the only NFS game made before 2008 where the online servers (for PC version) are still running, and that may stop at the end of this year. The online servers for any of the other older games were shutdown years ago, and there is no online activation so purchasing a used copy isn't an issue.
Undercover was the first NFS with online activation for a EA DVD version of the game (activation would be automatic with an Origin or Steam version). Shift 2 Unleashed requires sign in to unlock any additional "DLC" content like Limited Edition, but currently the unlock feature is broken and I don't know if EA will ever fix this. Origin and Steam stopped selling the Limited Edition of Shift 2, but online retailers still sell the DVD Limited Edition, which will be facing the same unlock problem (meaning a player won't be able to unlock the Limited Edition content, even though the player paid for it).
It is a very big issue, especially if you are a PC user. A lot of retailers in my town sell you hard copies of those old NFS games but none of them sell them to you on the PC. And a digital copy is much more convenient. Sure, discs do last long, but that is if they're properly stored and taken care of, which I doubt it to be the case with most of the people who bought them. The problem is that they cost about 40-50 bucks on sites like Amazon. They're great games, don't get me wrong, but taking into account that they're more than 10 years old and I've finished them multiple times, they're hardly worth that price. Most people had finished those games, if not they did get pretty far, you can't be expected to ask 50 bucks for a 10 year-old game. Maybe die hard, hardcore fans that value them greatly, but not for the content.
I had finished Underground recently and I had also finished NFS 2015 a while back. I can't say that I had more fun with 2015. And I'm sure you'll agree, Most Wanted 2012 is out of the question.
EA came close to remaking their comeback from the early 2000s, but they didn't quite make it. Cars are not as popular as they used to be so it was predictable. The best remake that they had done was Hot Pursuit from 2010. Since then any and all attempts of replicating past entries had been just that, attempts.
EA could really turn a quick buck with this, those games are already developed, all that they would need to do is patch them so that they could run on current systems like windows 10. You could find patches from people who aren't EA employees that make those games run on W10. But I don't ant to get some bootleg patch from untrustworthy sources, I want to be able to get them from EA. Origin would be a huge advantage now.
It's only a few of the older NFS games that are high priced. Underground 2 is one of them ($40 to $50 as posted). Underground 1 is less than $20. Most Wanted (2005) $20 to $30 (including some new copies). Carbon Collector's Edition used, less than $30 (I don't see any new ones at Amazon, only standard edition for around $55). Some of these titles are cheaper at ebay.
the servers are not up and the copies that most have on Cd are not able to download with out authentication through the ea servers
