I get the pricing arguments but that was not the initial point brought up early. That was the nth level concern. His initial complaint had to do with selling an advantage and how to him it cheapens achievements and I believe pathetic was thrown around some way. Fair enough viewpoint if applied only to oneself. I’m not disagreeing that whales warp the economy and that is a point of concern.
I don’t really like your movie analogy but get your point. Reason I don’t like it is because whales don’t price you out of enjoying the game ftp. They price you out of accelerating your goals because the price is too high.
Which once again is a fair point but counter to the beginning of this tangent. Any advantage one could purchase was too much to him because an advantage should never be sold. But I just don’t see enough people willing to pay for skins with no gameplay benefit that it can make the game profitable.