Quote Originally Posted by Syrokko View Post
They shut it down "early" because they need the actual physical servers to test 2.0 and host the alpha / beta tests.
It's not exactly "cheap" to host, administer, and maintain an MMORPG.
Given they said some weeks ago they'll be re-opening the V1 servers on a 'absolutely no support' basis for as long as enough people (Yoshi mention 30%) want to play, then your suggested reason clearly doesn't come into it.