I can still walk into some stores and buy NEW N64 and PS games (I very recently bought new PS games in store at a Fry's Electronics, that have been in that store since released in 2004 and I know of WalMarts that still have new N64 games in their cases for sale too). Nintendo and Sony should still support those systems! Come on, a publisher can't control stock once its been shipped to a vendor like that. They produce a quantity (and in the case of sports games that are popular, they produce ALOT) and they then sell those games to the stores.
I said there were no achievements. When games with online achievements are dropped, those achievements are never achieveable again. You can still play your copy of Madden after the servers are dropped. You guys are acting like you're not going to be able to play the damn game at all. All it means is no ONLINE Vs. You can still play single player and MP (on a single console) to your hearts content.
I've got no clue as to why Madden 08 is still up, but maybe there is still a very strong community, I honestly don't know.
Again, I totally agree that its complete shit that servers are being dropped while that service (XBL/PSN) are still active and being supported by the services manuafacturer. But thats how EA wanted it and thats how they got it.