If the price doesnt rise then the miners stop mining because of lack of profit, Once this happens the network becomes less secure and bitcoin starts dying off. Whats to stop this from happening? Maybe we are getting to prices that cant be maintained with the current user base. I wasnt here at the last halfing and the price will need to be much higher so im not too sure what will happen.
yes you are correct, if price won't rise at all or there will be small rise only, then miners probably will leave mining as their job won't be profitable anymore
but i am pretty sure that price will rise, or even if it won't rise because of sellers, and miners will leave job, then new miners will come and they should replace old ones