Congress.
Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
witty_username@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Which game popularised the now household mechanic of being shut down after a couple of years?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
witty_username@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Which game popularised the now household mechanic of being shut down after a couple of years?
Congress.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 months ago
EverQuest required a subscription fee every month and created a gold rush. The shutdowns come when you don’t find the gold that they did.
illi@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Weird calling out EQ which os still going and even getting expacs afaik
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It is, and I don’t think it’s even the first game to require a subscription fee. It was just so successful at it that everyone wanted that monthly recurring revenue. When it doesn’t work, they’d often rather see the game cease to exist.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
cries in Asheron’s Call