I dunno. 600 grand feels like such an obviously unrealistic amount to spend I automatically assume there's no in-game expectation that a player should _actually_ hit that goal.

Would it be less worrisome if the game "only" required, say, $600 to max out?

It seems in both cases consumers are at the precipice of a digital money pit and it's not clear whose responsibility it is to keep people from falling in.

The game will be designed to make people spend the maximum amount either way, so your question is if it is worse to make a few people loose a lot or some people loose less.

The lessons from gambling say that the maximum profit is gained from a few addicted high rollers, so I guess that's the route blizzard went.