It really isn't the same, in the past you needed the BBS to get "online," and as it was dialup you'd generally need to find one in your area, which had the added benefit of getting you onto a board with a bunch of locals. Now, everyone is already online globally, and the BBSes capabilities are generally surpassed in all areas by the global Worldwide Web, making them not much more than a 5 minute nostalgia trip for the old BBSers. Sure, everyone likes going back and playing an old door game, but that gets old pretty quick for most people, especially when the random 2 other people that may have played the game are on the other side of the world and will probably never log in again.
The Internet really did kill BBSes.
