Third-party Tools Can Negatively Affect Players Not Using Them

[HikariKurosawa]

Subscribers are not the primary generator

Cash shops and mobile investments are how these companies make their money

Don’t think for a second that sub count comes close to these income methods

"Lots of cosmetic addons are based on cash shop items"

Most cosmetic addon users do not buy cash shop items. Why would they when they can just get a free appearance that "looks way better than anything in game"

[Ivtrix]

"Lots of cosmetic addons are based on cash shop items"

Most cosmetic addon users do not buy cash shop items. Why would they when they can just get a free appearance that "looks way better than anything in game"

That is a blatent lie that you can’t source but anecdotally most of the modbeasts I know still buy a LOT from the cash shop

[ManaEthielday]

That is a blatent lie that you can’t source but anecdotally most of the modbeasts I know still buy a LOT from the cash shop

A friend of mine is a "don't ask me what I spent on the optional items" person, while also being like "I can tell a mile away they are using mods, because they are wearing that EXACT shirt" person.

Using add-on/plugins/mods /= not buying from the optional item store.

[Absurdity]

"Lots of cosmetic addons are based on cash shop items"

Most cosmetic addon users do not buy cash shop items. Why would they when they can just get a free appearance that "looks way better than anything in game"

Some quick research tells you otherwise.

Mods can't just add new things to the game, they can only visually replace existing ones. Most mod users, as with any other software, have so little knowledge of how this works that they can't choose the item to replace themselves, so if the thing that "looks way better than anything in game" requires them to buy a mogstation outfit they will just do so.