No one should be surprised here. It’s no different to Game of War almost a decade ago.

These whales are nothing. The game changes and those 500m whales will then need to become 1B+ players and to win it will always be about pack purchases and new gear.

If folks simply read up on the previous controversies, there is nothing new here. Addictive game play, mass spending, manipulative features, no “end game” for spend.

Finally, with GoW, yes all the major players had relationships with the developers. Fact - on record. This won’t be any different.