So much misconception on basic economics.
Definitely if you start taking away the skill aspect of the game you will lose your customers. Players and sites don't believe this is true (even though its basic economics), because historically there have been monopolistic controls in place in regards to regulations and payment processor restrictions. But that is past history.
The old model of tending towards casino poker will NOT work in the present day environment and we are about to see the empirical data in real time on this.
The prevailing myth that break even regs will leave and so a game that is great for recs and ultra pros is redic. The myth that bringing more recs in with casino skill-less poker will attract pros is equally as silly.
If you take away profitability in poker you will lose your customers. The only site that will be able to get away from this for some time is PS because of its brand. But already the top players are sic of the brand and its actions, and the pros and celebs that aren't publicly sick of these practices are being hush because of the massive cheating scandal.
Simply put, these changes will kill full tilt and they are probably meant to.
This mentality of myths only made sense when the game was growing and expanding rapidly. |
