The irony is that by killing the IP with free to play mtx junk, they now need the mtx to survive

Their original game was such a big hit that they made way more off merchandise and licensing than they did from $0.99 (?) game sales. But they’ve squandered all of that with their latest mtx infested iterations. Those have never hit like the original.

That inexpensive and well supported game was this amazing advertisement for this IP empire they built. And then they just killed all of it chasing mtx