I believe we are leaving it open so future responses are in a single thread. We won't be able to stop people from talking about 3rd person, but at least this way there is only a single thread to manage.
YES!
You don't really believe this will stop people from doing it, do you?

As soon as 3rd person view is taken out and this tread is not among the top 5 some 1-post-wonder will create a new whinetread about missing 3rd person view.

I can already see those swarms of whiners before me, crying that they can't play/live without it now that it's gone...