by Thoul » Thu Jun 25, '09, 5:38 am
I think it's mainly the economic problems everyone is facing. Hosting a bunch of sites can be expensive for a big company. These days, almost everyone has an ad blocker software running on their browser, so these kinds of sites don't generate much revenue for the companies in question. It probably costs more to host the sites than they bring in. I'm not sure if that's actually much of a factor on the Gamespy sites as I don't know their ad set up, but I'm sure it was on the Geocities decision.