Battlefield 4, despite releasing in 2013, maintains an active player base. There have been four entries in the series released since Battlefield 4; a couple of these entries aren't particularly well-regarded (Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 2042), and the other two also remain relatively active considering their age (Battlefield 5 and Battlefield 1).
One of the implications of the Battlefield community being spread across several games is that Electronic Arts, and each game's respective developer, need to maintain servers for each of these games, rather than focusing solely on the newest entry.
However, Battlefield 4 server owners are worried that EA could be planning to sunset the game despite its active player base. A Reddit post from Sloth, a Battlefield 4 server owner, reveals that they've lost the ability to renew their server subscription on PlayStation.
Several Battlefield games offer a "rent-a-server" programme where players can rent and run private servers. This allows players to enforce custom rulesets and map rotations, rather than relying on matchmaking.
According to Sloth, every other server owner they've talked to has reported the same thing: server renewals have been disabled.
"If existing servers aren't renewed in the next few weeks, they will...
