Online web store, why?

"Nauros;c-2386152" wrote:
So it seems that the income isn't what they would want. Bypassing the Google/Apple cut is fine, especially if we get some freebies in the process, but it doesn't address the core problem. Listen to your playerbase, make the game fun, fix your bugs and the money will come.

That’s speculation and there’s no evidence for or against that.

Even if revenue was exactly where they wanted it (or even higher) it’s entirely reasonable for a company to not want to pay 30% to Apple/Google/Whoever and increase their revenue. People will still buy through the game for a variety of reasons, this just provides an alternative income stream that’s free from overhead.

I’m not saying one way or the other what their income is. I don’t care if they’re wearing solid gold hats or if they’re wearing those old-timey barrels around their waists. But you’re drawing a conclusion on a very speculative premise.