harassment isn't a joke but jokes can be.  

I couldn't put LC into that from personal experience as the community is strongly vigilant against hackers.

In the end, the bottom line will be if the game(s) continue to generate revenue substantial enough to emit enough profit and royalties to cover the cost of operation and overhead.

As long as that bottom line is met, and the developers wish to continue providing support and do business on the games(s), they generally continue to live on.

But every game will see its final day eventually.
It all boils down to that games community.

I don't for see Aeria being the one to want to close a game that is profitable. What business would?  

LoL I wasn't referring to player hackers. I was referring to AGE selling manual hacks to increase the ability of items in game for those for spend on the service. If an older game have to rely a lot on that to function, it will be the first to go due to insufficient manpower allocated to the older game.  

Please clarify what you are talking about
What is a "Manual hack"
Where is aeria selling such things
And what game is this in reference to?