If that were true they wouldn't have had to lose a third of their staff.The game targets whales and we all know it. Finances weren't the entire reason for the lay-offs; I thought everyone knew that. Of course they target whales, but again, they have all of the metrics and all of the facts so what is being said here is pure speculation. You are right. We do not have access to data, so we speculate. And since you are not an ArenaNet employee privvy to their business strategy and marketing campaigns your statements are also mere speculation. Please keep in mind that ArenaNet having data does not mean that they take action based on that data or even that they have someone qualified enough to make sense of that data. There are plenty of examples of companies doing weird things against their own business interests despite having all the data to avoid poor decisions.Oh, I admit that I don't have that data either. What boils me is the people around here who try to make their points based on knowledge that none of us have, and then expect others to not argue those points.