Live service and updates

research draft · methodology 0.3 · September 2, 2026 · Assessment boundary: the retired online-services layer of the historical Steam product line. The EA official register records retirement on 2024-11-04; offline play is not classified by this live-service row.

The EA official register establishes that the online service in this boundary ended on 2024-11-04. 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 November 4, 2024— EA's official service register records retirement of FIFA 22 online services and features on 2024-11-04; 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 online service and its effective date; no claim about a prior substantive-release period is made.

Module fields

Observation window segments:

From 2024-11-04: online services and features 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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  The EA official service register confirms retirement of FIFA 22 online services and features on 2024-11-04. 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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  The shutdown boundary defines the final observation segment. From 2024-11-04: online services and features 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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  The EA official service register directly establishes that the scoped online service ended on 2024-11-04. 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

  FIFA 22 online services and features will be retired on November 4, 2024

  The EA official service register confirms retirement of FIFA 22 online services and features on 2024-11-04. Adjacent offline modes, products, platforms, and historical windows were not transferred.

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