Really, what this final update says to me is that there's a lot of retarded shit that happens thanks to management prioritizing quarterly earnings over quality products. Imagine if Bungie would have done what Jagex is doing with RS3 now, putting development efforts towards QoL improvements and building a better foundation for the game that they'd fucked up before. The series could have gone on for many years to come, and it could have built up a stronger, more populous player base in that time. But shit like that doesn't have a tangible numerical benefit, so it completely flies over their head as they focus instead on securing their bag. Same reason why we always saw more effort get put into Eververse every season than game improvements; having a few artists whip up a bunch of skins to sell for $10 or $20 a pop is much easier to quantify the RoI than making some game system slightly better.
I'm no commie, but damned if I don't understand why a lot of people have no faith in capitalism these days.