You’re missing a key fact, which is that the best way to increase profits is to have more players playing. How do you do that? By making a game that people actually enjoy playing and tell their friends about.
On top of that, many games have only cosmetic purchases. Fortnite is an obvious example of this model. Saying Fortnite is “optimized for profit” makes very little sense, since nothing you can do in the game requires purchases at all.
It’s just a good game that a ton of people enjoy playing, which is really all you need to make a profitable free-to-play game these days.
(the other route to getting more players is advertising, which is a whole other thing)
On top of that, many games have only cosmetic purchases. Fortnite is an obvious example of this model. Saying Fortnite is “optimized for profit” makes very little sense, since nothing you can do in the game requires purchases at all.
It’s just a good game that a ton of people enjoy playing, which is really all you need to make a profitable free-to-play game these days.
(the other route to getting more players is advertising, which is a whole other thing)