There are several current business models that come to mind, yes, although the game depicted reminds me of the current trend of making city building games based on successful TV properties. Also that's some harsh cropping.
Not going to lie, I clicked the spoiler tree in your sig to see how deep it would go. Pretty sure I saw Leo DiCaprio on the way down.
Yeah, I guess we are all suckers. Kano must be doing something right, though, I've been playing for over 3 years. The nested spoiler links are pretty cool, I wish I knew how to do stuff like that.
Maybe that could be another idea for a boss/job/location. Or a challenge that never ends? Kind of like the raid bosses, only available for a certain period of time, but unlimited numbers of keys that can regen, or keys that regen based on game activity. If you don't play, you don't get any keys instead of getting them automatically over time. Or nested challenges, when you complete the first round it takes you to the next round, and you have a week to try to complete them all to get the end reward.
HAHAHA I had more fun clicking your spoilers. Reminded me of the unicorns. Funny stuff. Thanks for the giggle.