1) That was hype created by blogs, websites, and th MMO nomads looking for that messiah MMO that will never come.
2) I disagree completly, i've been around a long time as well and TBQH we older players dont have the time on average that we had say in college when most of us were sinking all nighters into UO and / or EQ. Most of us have Jobs, families, bills, ect. now. 15-25 year olds have time to harcore, most of us adults hardly even have time to log in.