13th May 2014, 5:46 PM
Oh yeah, from the late '90s and through the '00s, Gamespy tech was definitely one of the top ones. Gamespy the website faded in the early '00s and shifted around in ownership, but their online gaming connection servers and software was pretty good and very popular. However, they faded more recently, and the company that bought the online gaming side (the website got shut down a year or two ago) decided to shut the whole thing down. I don't think that people used Gamespy tech too much, though -- it was good, and it was popular, so why not?
Instead, it just shows that you can't rely on online services staying up. We've seen this before, like when the original Xbox's online was shut down (or the Dreamcast, etc), or in the dozens of games EA has shut down online play for before this, among plenty of other examples, but this is a big one... but it really is all the fault of the people who bought Gamespy and how they decided to completely kill off a still-relevant service. It's sad, and frustrating, but I don't think there was anything wrong with relying on Gamespy -- for quite some time they were one of the biggest players in online game servers! Why not work with one of the leaders?
Instead, it just shows that you can't rely on online services staying up. We've seen this before, like when the original Xbox's online was shut down (or the Dreamcast, etc), or in the dozens of games EA has shut down online play for before this, among plenty of other examples, but this is a big one... but it really is all the fault of the people who bought Gamespy and how they decided to completely kill off a still-relevant service. It's sad, and frustrating, but I don't think there was anything wrong with relying on Gamespy -- for quite some time they were one of the biggest players in online game servers! Why not work with one of the leaders?
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