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Hoodroar
03/21/23 11:20:07 PM
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The impending Nintendo eShop shutdown for 3DS/Wii U may not be happening if not for the precedents set by how IGN handled the DS/Wii servers.

Ergo, you can't spell ignorant without IGN.

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Irony
03/21/23 11:20:40 PM
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No idea what you're talking about

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Hoodroar
03/21/23 11:25:31 PM
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Irony posted...
No idea what you're talking about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpy

GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas.

In February 2013, IGN's new owner, Ziff Davis, shut down IGN's "secondary" sites, including GameSpy's network. This was followed by the announcement in April 2014 that GameSpy's service platform would be shut down on May 31, 2014.

While some publishers announced plans to migrate GameSpy-equipped games to other platforms (such as Steam or in-house servers), some publishers, such as Nintendo (who used the GameSpy servers as the basis of its Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection platform for DS and Wii games) did not, particularly due to the age of the affected games.

The scoundrels.

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Solar_Crimson
03/21/23 11:25:37 PM
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Hoodroar posted...
The impending Nintendo eShop shutdown for 3DS/Wii U may not be happening if not for the precedents set by how IGN handled the DS/Wii servers.
This video goes into why the 3DS/Wii U eShop is closing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmBD0MUQDg

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sabin017
03/21/23 11:27:08 PM
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Anyone remember Gamespy Arcade?

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