Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
It may (not certainly) imply that the cash shop is helping the game. You're conflating correlation and causation.
It's not rocket science to think that a system which brings in more money to the game leads to the game having more money. It's by no means proven but it is definitely implied.

To put it another way, correlation doesn't conflict causation, and it's quite logical to conclude that the cash shop has caused the budget for the game to increase. Again, not saying it's certain, but I think "imply" is more than fair in this case.