Live service and updates

research draft · methodology 0.3 · September 2, 2026 · Assessment boundary: the retired Windows online-services layer of the historical Steam product line. The EA official register records retirement on 2025-10-30; offline play is not classified by this live-service row.

The EA official register establishes that the Windows online service in this boundary ended on 2025-10-30. The retained evidence does not establish a prior period of substantive releases, so the row is Absent rather than Removed.

Assessment scope

Access cost:

Unknown

Product horizon:

Server shutdown announced, shutdown on October 30, 2025— EA's official service register records FIFA 23 under Online Services Shutdown on 2025-10-30; the time was not published.

Independent dimensions

Depth:

Not applicable

Core experience relevance:

Not applicable

Observed adoption:

Not applicable— There is no current live-service action to measure after the documented online-service shutdown.

Structural expectation:

Not applicable

Player dependency:

Not applicable

Change direction:

Not assessed

Assessment type:

Unknown

Confidence:

High— The primary source directly establishes retirement of the Windows online service and its effective date; no claim about a prior substantive-release period is made.

Module fields

Observation window segments:

From 2025-10-30: FIFA 23 online services were retired; live-service support is ended.

Support state:

Support ended

Evidence

• axis · adoption_reach

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The documented service end leaves no current eligible live-service action whose reach can be measured.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• axis · core_relevance

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The documented service end makes this axis Not applicable for current live-service participation.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• axis · dependency

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The documented service end makes current player dependency on this mechanic Not applicable.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• axis · structural_expectation

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The documented service end makes current structural expectation Not applicable.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• field · support_state

  Confirms · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The EA official service register confirms FIFA 23 under Online Services Shutdown on 2025-10-30. This supports support_state=ended.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• field · window_split

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The shutdown boundary defines the final observation segment. From 2025-10-30: FIFA 23 online services were retired; live-service support is ended.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• presence

  Refutes · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The EA official service register directly establishes that the scoped Windows online service ended on 2025-10-30. This supports Absent; no prior substantive-release period is asserted.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h
• scope

  Qualifies · Catalog mechanics research · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Accessed September 2, 2026

  30 October 2025 — FIFA 23 for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

  The EA official service register confirms FIFA 23 under Online Services Shutdown on 2025-10-30. Adjacent offline modes, products, platforms, and historical windows were not transferred.

  https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h