Wow, Raph nails it.

Raph Koster says it well. For all the reasons I wrote about a couple of years ago in this space, and more fundamental ones, virtual worlds are now changed and distributed to such a degree they are not destined to be what they once were.

http://www.raphkoster.com/2010/02/26/are-virtual-worlds-over/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RaphsWebsite+(Raph's+Website)