There’s a reason EA won The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America Award – And here it is: Yup. Not only did EA give you the honor of spending ($4.99 or higher) on Rock Band for your iPhone, but now as of May 31st, you’re not going to be given the privilege of playing it anymore. […]
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Attention: EA SUCKS. (UPDATED)

May 2nd 2012 by

There’s a reason EA won The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America Award – And here it is:

Yup. Not only did EA give you the honor of spending ($4.99 or higher) on Rock Band for your iPhone, but now as of May 31st, you’re not going to be given the privilege of playing it anymore. To be sure, this isn’t a technical issue either. Rock Band itself is playable offline, so there’s nothing preventing EA from letting the game rock on from that aspect. Sure they’re planning to shutdown the content servers, but if the game stays playable offline why kill if for everyone who already has the content? My feeling is they just flat out decided the time has come to take back their license. Remember – you’re only buying a license to the game, not ownership. I can respect the need to expire content and not host servers for ages – but this app has only been out for 2 years and this sets a horrible precedent for how long a purchased license remains valid.

Oh, and even better – they’ve left Rock Band on the App Store (without any disclaimer of the shutdown), so you can still go buy the game today. You just can’t play it any more come the 31st.

So guess what EA? I’m revoking my “I’ll purchase from you license”.

via Consumerist

UPDATE: According to commenter JR and the Verge – this may all be a misunderstanding. But based upon what I’ve been reading (comments on the Verge / Reddit / interwebz) this seems more like damage control. Anyway, I’m sticking with my EA sucks opinion and I firmly believe they’re simply responding to the backlash with a steady backpedal and spin maneuver.

“Rock Band for iOS will remain live – the in-app message users received yesterday was sent in error,” the company said in a statement.

“We apologize for the confusion this caused. We’re working to clarify the issue that caused the error and will share additional information as soon as possible.”

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