Yet.. we look at examples like Scopely who publish Star Trek Fleet Command and some sort of Marvel game (mobile) and they were just acquired for almost $5 billion USD with yearly revenue of at least $1.5 Billion dollars. You have whales in those games (any many others) who spend $10,000 a month...
I remember everyone celebrating the day space PVP borders changed to the ridiculous state they are in now.
From my perspective, it didn't accomplish much other than.... making everyone's travel times and flights longer who do make the ooOOOoo face, because now you spawn wayyyyyyyy back, and...