Tabula Rasa. Ended?

[Kistilan]

Didn't Hellgate: London die, too?

Yes. It announced its demise the same time Tabula Rasa did. I believe Hellgate shutdown January 2009.

That's three official closed MMORPGs that I'm aware of.

Turbine (leading the way again) Asheron's Call 2 Dec 30 2005
Flagship Studios Hellgate London Jan 31 2009
Destination Games Tabula Rasa Feb 28 2009

 

[DRADIS C0ntact]

It isn't the first MMO to shut down. Asheron's Call 2 was shut down. There's probably some others as well. If the game isn't popular enough to sustain a profit, it makes sense for the servers to close.

I dissagree, If a MMO isn't popular enought to sustain a profit you make it free, let a bunch of people join, and bring out stuff like powerful items for real money and like that.

There's still no guarantee that shifting from a subscription model to a free-to-play with micro-transactions model would lead to profits. If the game's population didn't increase, it would seem likely that the company would lose even more money. There's no reason to take that kind of a risk. Shutting down the servers was the logical decision.

However, I think that developers who shut down an MMO's servers should allow and encourage the use of community created private servers for people to continuing playing if they wish.

 

[Altorin]

I just gotta say