> Why dont they just shut it down?New game sales must be almost nil for ra2/yr,So why do they keep a server running that is full of people that arent there to play the game.Surely EA must know how run down THEIR server is?After all these 2 games are probably if not already discontinued so whats in it for them?

'whats in for them'

They probably think they r really helpful with keeping their server open for such a long time, they keep it open for a long time to show that they will keep servers for other new games up for a long time. No point running wol now really but they will keep doing it.... because of an alternative server XWIS they might probably redirect wol to XWIS. But b4 that happens XWIS you would imagine that XWIS would have 2 agree to support the games :/ and to redirect wol would probably take time and energy to do. time isnt EAs thingy o.O