I purchased Need For Speed hot Pursuit circa 2010-2011. I bought the physical DVD and still have it, complete with Key Code. I think it was about 4 yrs ago I tried to play it but it wouldn't work. I called tech Support and they told me the servers were shut down and the game would not run without the servers.
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Game will not work with access to serves, which were shut down, even though I didn't use online services for the game and played solo, they still said it needed server access to work but all servers were shut down and no way I could play the game at all.
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I was appalled that a game I purchased can be shut down at the whim of the publisher. I wasn't the only one either. I still have the game in its case with the booklet and the key printed on the back of the booklet. I told them it'd be a cold day in hell when I'd buy another EA game.
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