10M GP reached!

"dogwelder79;c-2278329" wrote:
I'm f2p, and it makes no sense to pick on p2p. Spending on swgoh is no different than spending on other consumable things. You can also spend on going to the cinema or wait for the movie to reach tv and watch it for free. Same choice. And I won't talk about other things people consume.

I see 2 camps among those critical of whales. One is "picking on" them, and I agree that there is nothing constructive in ad hominem attacks. The other is concerned with what they've done to the market.

To use your cinema analogy. Imagine if 1% of movie goers decided they were willing to spend an exorbitant amount of money to go to the cinema. Over time, all cinemas realize that their profit margins would be better if they catered exclusively to the cinema whales. You get priced out of the cinema because it is either beyond your means or the value of the experience is not worth the new, higher, whale costs. So you have to wait for the movie to be released to streaming services or retail. The experience of the cinema you grew up with (maybe going with your friends in Jr High/High School) no longer exists and is something you cannot experience anymore. You feel sad.