Lol. I think you are missing the point, it is a symbiotic relationship and without the community backing, the product would have very likely struggled to make an impact. Literally, tens of millions of dollars from Hive directly have been poured into the game in various ways and that is highly unlikely to have happened if they had built elsewhere. At the time, Steem was pretty much the only blockchain (or forks of Steem) that would be able to handle what they did...

How are cryptokitties going btw?