Well ahead of all of their competition combined
Things like this get shelved during development for one reason or another. Remember what those preview lists actually are: previews of potential features. They are not set in stone and things often change during development. Just like the dance studio, and Path of the Titans, and flying combat. As for why this particular thing got changed, no idea. Yes, the made by part will change to reflect your new name. I do not think SilkRoad online will get down to a few hundred thousand next year, or any year in the near future at all. We know that the player base has platitude at 11.5 million. If Silkroad gold is lucky they will launch with a couple million by years end; and assuming all of those players cancel their SilkRoad online accounts, SilkRoad online would still have 9.5 million players, well ahead of all of their competition combined.