Only just seen this:
Iceberg082006 said:and second Madden 09 IS not up:
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Additionally, the shutdown of Xbox LIVE for Original Xbox consoles and games (scheduled for April 15, 2010) will retire online services for the following titles:
Madden NFL 09 for Xbox
ORIGINAL Xbox. Not Xbox 360. Shutting down a server on a 2009 game for a console that was outdated in 2005 is not a big deal.
The 360 servers for the game are still active.