Its a marketting thing to be honest. You don't want things hanging out there that are not used. It makes the site look like it has no traffic.
Which we all know isn't true, but it is a perception. Its why Warframe was nuked, and a few others.
All this stemmed from Lee and I talking about how to get more users here., and from the realization that no one wants to visit a site that looks dead.
Dave and I had very similar talks years ago, and it was never resolved to anyones liking. This is sort of a continuation of that.
Lets all be honest here, with Destiny 2 coming out, how many will really take the time to play the new CoD?
I could be wrong here, but I thoroughly expect the forum to be gone come January, and I don't see the point in postponing it. However, the vote is to keep it, so we will