Sudden Attack Closing

That doesn't mean a damn thing in this business. A few who spend plenty isn't as good as many who spend little.

I've seen games that had that diehard audience that would spend their checks away and they still close down because at the end of the day it's only THEM still left spending and not many more. An MMO can't float on the backs of a few.

I know that. The people I personally know are far from the only people who do it. The game itself still has a very solid core group of players that have been going strong for years, and while I can't pretend to know how much money they've spent on the game, there are countless players I've met through the PvP in the game that have gear only possible through spending thousands of dollars on the game.

While I don't really think you were making a case that Atlantica was going to close down, I will point out regardless, that they just rolled out a massive update recently, with plans for more next year, so there's no real chance of the game going down just yet.