Talk:Aikatsu! Photo on Stage!!/@comment-27289874-20180508224053/@comment-28442606-20180509070100

I can only assume the game made like very little/no money near the end. If it was successful they would have found a way to keep it going (shift to friends, make another renewal, focus on existing songs). I think the userbase was simply too small to support the app long term.

Also, the rumors are true because they are normally based on some pretty obvious writing on the walls. (Also for the anime, things can normally be predicted pretty early from merch sales, DCD coords or events, etc). I first started seeing rumors of photokatsu dying back in December/January. People were concerned that the koukanjo had gone from 6 month limits to unlimited. And...here we are, about 6 months later, and it is ending. The disbandment and final budoukan live of the singing units was even more "proof."

Real question is how many users actually spent money regularly on the app. These free to play apps only stay going because hardcore players actually invest in them. =[