Posted by Benis on 10/8/2017 6:48:00 PM (view original):
Then the rewards just go to the next guy.
Let's say you have have 10 people playing and top 3 are playing for free. So you get money from 7 people. Those 3 people leave and you're left with 7 people. Those top 3 people play for free and now you get money from 4 people.
4 is less than 7.
Nope, not that simple.
Developers want customers who are willing to pay for the product, like producers of any good and service. So right off the bat, those 7 who stay are individually much more valuable, even if they don’t always *have* to pay. They accept that sometimes they may pay, and will generally accept a more competitive game, seasons they have to pay more for. Keeping those customers will always take priority over the people who are only interested in freebies.
Beyond that, as I said, the incentive structure can always be changed, if necessary. A lot of people have been speculating for a long time that it may not make sense to offer full incentives to the lower divisions.