Something weird is happening with Battlefield 4 on PlayStation, and the community is starting to panic. Players who’ve been running servers for years are discovering they can’t renew them anymore. No official word from EA, no explanation, just servers quietly disappearing one by one.
The issue surfaced about a month ago when llslothll, who’s been hosting Sloth Alliance servers for over five years, noticed the renewal option had vanished from the server menu. After reaching out to other longtime hosts like Smokeys, DIXS, Pro, Shanghai All Day, and Durka, the picture became clear. Everyone was seeing the same thing. Their post on Reddit has over 1.6K upvotes with close to 300 comments.
It’s a death sentence for community servers. Once they expire, that’s it. Sloth Alliance already lost their Premiums server because they couldn’t renew it, and more are set to follow in the coming weeks unless something changes.
The silence from EA makes it worse. Players are scrambling for answers on Reddit and the official forums, but there’s been zero communication from the company. No heads up, no timeline, no explanation of what’s going on.
The timing of this feels suspicious. With a new Battlefield game coming and 2042 still struggling to win over fans, some players think EA wants to force everyone toward newer titles.
Others are connecting it to the Stop Killing Games movement, suggesting EA might be shutting down older games before any legislation kicks in. What really gets to players is that these are paid rental servers. Why would EA kill off a revenue stream, even a small one? It doesn’t make business sense unless there’s a bigger plan at play.
Players who’ve spent years building tight-knit groups around specific servers are watching their digital hangouts disappear. Some are threatening to skip future Battlefield releases entirely if EA doesn’t fix this.
There are also reports of players getting kicked from games with error messages and seeing server counts drop dramatically, though these seem more random and could be connection issues rather than systematic shutdowns.
EA’s track record doesn’t help calm nerves either. The company has a history of pulling support for older games to push newer ones, and players remember losing profile data when Battlefield 3 was discontinued on consoles.
Right now, the Battlefield 4 community is trying to get the word out before more servers vanish forever. Whether this is a bug, a business decision, or something else entirely, nobody knows. What’s clear is that a passionate community that’s kept this ten-year-old game alive is staring down the possibility of losing their favorite gaming home.
Without any official statement from EA, players are left guessing and hoping their concerns are just paranoia. But given the company’s history and the complete radio silence, that hope is wearing thin.
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Dwayne Cubbins
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