I just get the feeling the shot themselves in the foot making you have to wait to play the fabled 256 player games.
Early on it feels solid enough but I think the number of people with the dedication for this kind of game is too lacking.
I think it'll crawl onwards for a while yet, and there is clearly already a lot of established players who are probably going to keep the title alive, but in the end I feel the title just didn't get you involved early on enough.
Also, as Cypher1980 points out I think the title is challenging enough (if you really want to be good) that people will drop out and others will replace them, but via used game sales which will eat into the apparent legs of the title.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
