Note that specifically, I'm talking about games that have made the transition. Like WildStar, Rift, Warhammer Online, et.al. Sure, F2P games (which are never j

Note that specifically, I'm talking about games that have made the transition. Like WildStar, Rift, Warhammer Online, et.al. Sure, F2P games (which are never just ad supported, mind you) can be wildly popular and profitable. But not all of them. For every exploitative success like Diablo Immortal, there are thousands of games which hit the app stores and quietly vanished.