And this is why an mmo using this type of economical system shouldn't stop advertising the game : to bring a constant flow of fresh fish (new/low cash shop players) in order for the wales (the ones who keep the game alive by providing 99% of the incomes) not to get bored and leave.
I've said this a couple of times already on this forum but i just love the comparison between virtual f2p (or p2w whatever you call it) vs p2p and the real life capitalist vs communist systems
To me it's clearly (very sumed up but still) :
-f2p = capitalism ==> very few people have an insane advantage above the others by having a lot more ressources
-p2p = communism ==> everyone is pretty much equal (at least on an economical point of view) so everyone can enjoy at the same lvl but nothing really exciting if you ask me
Thing is irl i'm 100% for a communist system (and i think it's clearly the best option for all of us as life isn't a game... srly 8 bilionnaires having as much monney as the 50 poorest % of humanity... if this isn't fucked up for you x_x). Capitalism should imo only be experienceable throught things like f2p (p2w) games so it has not much impact on people's real lifes.
That's it, sorry if it was boring (shouldn't be, we need to get people interested in politic again! )
+1, either start hard advertising, to bring fresh people, or lower the gap between wales and the rest of the society, so the ones who have just started would keep playing.