Lol it isn't far away for them. Where I work as a programmer the lifecycle of a large project is not measured in hours, days or weeks but months and years.

That said, I fully expect a new CS either at the end of 1.x and/or the beginning of 2.0. Brand new players will need to understand why the world is in the state it is, a terrible apocalyptic event recently occurred after all. Veteran players will need something bridging the two different states of the world for continuity.