I'm looking to buy fifa 12 on Xbox, but I know ea have shut down the online servers for the previous fifa games. They have added the option to buy a online pass, will buying this pass mean fifa 12 will not be shut down in the near future?

I've had a look on the ea site, and they don't mention online server shutdowns for past April this year.

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The online pass doesn't guarantee that the service won't be shutdown, it's only there to allow you to play online. For people who buy the game firsthand, they should receive an online pass in the box with the game. Those that purchase the game used, etc., have to purchase the online pass to play online.

Given their history, they will likely shutdown online play for Fifa 12 sometime in the future. Any date would be speculation, but Fifa 11 is shutdown already as you can see in the list you posted.

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