Exactly, the fact that Splinterlands still is here afer all these years is a major achievement.
This morning I got an old video from aftersound in my youtube feed from 3 years ago (Link) which pretty much sums up the main issue of the game in that Assets are bound to go to zero. Everyone who came in did so with an eye as an investor thinking they would make money. That is now totally busted with the ongoing card price gap between new and old cards. The only reason people now come in is because it's possible to earn a bit with no risk in Frontiers mode. I don't see many moving over to the main game though as there are too many fundamental flaws continue to be totally neglected.