They did it through other means, by passing “part” of the information to 3rd party websites. E-mails you received from gold sellers 7-8 years ago is one of the examples.
I ve been alive for 11314 days and counting (hopefuly) so far so im sorry if i didnt account for 3 days.
When though? 30th? 10th? 14th? 3rd?
You cant look it up yet you present it as a fact. Im sorry but i cant see your “fact” as a reliable information. That is just a part of the customer base, not everyone buys cash shop garbage.
A vast majority of people pay with in-game currency on retail. Having multiple boost selling websites PARTLY proves this. By paying with in-game currency they dont pay with real money. And by not having paid by real money the company doesnt make money from those customers. There are no tokens on classic (except China) so the only way you are going to play the game is by paying some of your own hard earned cash. If Blizzard wasnt concerned about this issue why do you think they would decrease the amount of money people make from Legion world quests?
So you might argue that retail has more players in terms of numbers but Blizzard is making the real money from classic. At least thats how it looks like at the moment.
Again, this information is not a fact but since Blizzard stopped releasing their customer demographics, there is no source of information to prove or disprove that.
Im not asking for acknowledgement, im just asking the company to pay more attention the game.