I disagree strongly with your point OP. I am confident that DUST will not die out in the coming months, or years, and that it will continue to grow. Not perhaps at a pace that makes it the largest player count game, because it was never about that. Instead DUST will be aiming for the same thing EVE has been, a dedicated slowly growing base of players that are aiming for a unique experience, one DUST is still working to provide in meaningful ways that other shooters will not be. I'm fairly confident that DUST will still be around when these other games are gone, and their sequels are coming along. I may not have been a player last e3, but I did have the ability to browse the forums and I remember much the same thing as last year, doom and gloom threads that Dust wouldn't be around this time next year. And it's still here, and so are these same doom and gloom threads.

Go ahead and declare the demise of DUST all you Kitten well please, I am a patient sort, and can wait to see what comes of it. Just like every other time.