Once they reach the state of milking whales endlessly, they will. New players will not play official, because it will be too hard to catch up, but whales will stay, because they invested so much. With enough p servers around, the effort will be too strong, if the official game cannot be attractive for new players in any case.
So, I'm optimistic. Management seems to be the same, as they repeat their mistakes in terms of economy, why they would not on other fields as well?
You are asking the right questions!