Is this a rebuttal to Zenke's softball "interview"? Because that didn't clarify things at all, and this would have served better as a head-to-head feature (I realize that Michael doesn't necessarily agree with it shutting down either).

You know how MMO companies always say that the 800 lb. gorilla in the room (World of Warcraft) is good for the industry as a whole? Well, all these MMOs that recently shut down is only good for WoW - why would anyone invest their money and time in a game that will shut down? And NCsoft has two of them? Get the hell out of here. The costs for keeping the servers running would have been marginal compared to the costs to date, and this is a serious blow to their reputation as no one is likely to try any of their products except for Guild Wars. An executive said he wanted players to think of NCsoft as "that great MMO company" than "that Korean game company" - not likely to happen now.