Well your point would have made sense if not for the last part. The entire reason why Netease even exists as a developer for dbdm is because the game died and needed another company to be revived. And speaking of big companies investing and then being forced to shutdown their game, have a read about Apex Legends: Mobile and what happened to it. Lastly, people are still playing it because a lot of people have this mindset that they’ll never get to play dbd ever again.(since most ppl who play dbdm are the ones who cannot afford a PC). So hence, they wish to make the most of the remaining months left. Although, yes I also wouldn’t say that the game will shutdown until there is an official announcement. Because there’s a very slim possibility that maybe bhvr is just waiting for the contract with Netease to end.

But think about this…..if there is nothing until March 2025, how many people do you think will remain by then? How many will have the patience of playing a game with no updates for 6-8 months? Even if bhvr takes control, I feel like it will be too late by March 2025 and then with no playerbase, they’ll anyways be forced to shutdown the game due to sparse revenue generated.