As we discontinue Online Pass for our new EA titles, we are also in the process of eliminating it from all our existing EA titles as well. We heard the feedback from players and decided to do away with Online Pass altogether.
For those unfamiliar, most EA games shipped with a separate serial that was required to play games online. If a game was bought used, one would have to also buy an Online Pass from EA to access online play.
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Along with no longer using Online Passes in its new titles, EA has also eliminated them from its existing games.
