[quote]Some might claim "discrimination." But again, I'm not a lawyer, myself.[/quote] Thankfully, you put discrimination in quotes, and admitted to not being a lawyer. Otherwise, I'd worry about your firm. [spoiler]Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination in employment, availability of housing, rates of pay, right to promotion, educational opportunity, civil rights, and use of facilities based on race, nationality, creed, color, age, sex or sexual orientation. A console doesn't legally qualify as something to be discriminated on. Otherwise, every company who released a video game would get sued for discrimination due to the game not being playable on every console and platform in existence when the game came out. http://dictionary.law.com/default.aspx?selected=532[/spoiler]

[quote]You're right about that, but, this isn't just "shutting everything off for everyone." It's a deliberate exclusion of a particular class of players in their community. About 16% players, if their old numbers are to be considered viable. Some might claim "discrimination." But again, I'm not a lawyer, myself.[/quote] No, it a move forward by a company onto current tech. I'm a 360 user right now and I have zero issue with them doing this. The game is 2 years old which is far longer than most online games shelf life, console at least.

Wouldn't matter if others claimed discrimination. If they've signed the EULA and ToS (which they have, so they could play it) they gave that ability up.

argh! you beat me to it. we all signed it multiple times.