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I mean, there's also nothing to gain for the developer by continuing development. Most f2p games only survive so long because of those microtransactions. Think about how long these games are supported, how much new content they get constantly. The "good old games" were one and done. If you got lucky, they might patch some bugs, but often that was left to the community.