Det kom som noget af en overraskelse da EA i første omgang udtalte at de i fremtidige spil vil droppe konceptet om Online Pass. De er så nu også begyndt at fjerne dem fra eksisterende spil.
Disse spil har indtil videre fået fjernet deres Online Pass:
- Alice: Madness Returns
- Battlefield 3
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Bulletstorm
- Dead Space 2
- Dead Space 3
- Dragon Age 2
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
- Mass Effect 2
- Mass Effect 3
- Medal of Honor
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Need For Speed: The Run
- Need For Speed: Shift 2
- Skate 3
- The Sims 3
En repræsentant fra EA kom med denne meddelse:
“As we discontinue Online Pass for our new EA titles, we are also in the process of eliminating it from all our existing EA titles as well. We heard the feedback from players and decided to do away with Online Pass altogether.
Players will see it first with some EA Sports titles, where a prompt to enter an Online Pass code will no longer appear in-game; with other titles we are simply making Online Passes available free of charge online.
These are rolling updates that are taking effect over the next several weeks. We hope players continue to enjoy our games and online services for a long time to come.”