User blog comment:Skeleton and Q-16/Pixel gun 3d is dying/@comment-4783814-20150517153753

Minecraftian47 DID find a theory that the reason for gems, harder coins, etc is because of a financial crisis. However, we don't have enough proof for this.

And, no, the game is not dying. People still obsess over it. Not as much anymore on this wiki because, obviously, the majority of players don't have wiki account.