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Which game popularised the now household mechanic of being shut down after a couple of years?
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.
Weird calling out EQ which os still going and even getting expacs afaik
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.
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