MMO and Death

No, this doesn't have to do with Shawn Woolley. To put it bluntly, this link is what's got me wondering what you all think.

For me Asheron's Call 2 was dead about a year and a half before I found out about it and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes has always felt like some big waning game despite having had and lost the potential to be the next big MMORPG (It no longer has an RP server :< ) So much lore and stories that just peter out into oblivion makes me a bit sad.