A strange sense of 'community'

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

That reminded me alot of the old Mplay service which closed several years ago stranding alot of games/gamers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer.com

Will history repeat itself?

99,99% yes. Once game companies have direct control over how and when you play their games, they have for all intents and purposes locked themselves on a revenue stream with 100% certainty. New game comes out ? What better why to entice you to buy it than close down the old servers ? Other publishers already do it. Ubisoft will be next in line.