For me, I see the fun of the gaming before the earning. The earnings is just what incentivizes the user to keep showing up since we use data to run the games.
Beyond the earnings, I learn a lot of leadership strategy from @splinterlands game. The game also helps to build cognitive ability.
A game lover would always be a game lover despite rewards.
also, I want to add that with most Web 3 games like Spinterlands, funding is by the community of gamers willing to buy packs and game props. Funding these games is very expensive and this is something we don't talk about too much. It is understandable when money takes priority in these Web 3 games. However, I think it is important to balance things and it only takes a game doing well to help the freedom to develop and improve the gaming experience
I think the way to break the price ranks is to build more games so that players can have options. More interesting games would mean less users engaging a particular game and that can reduce the