Well, they are merging Ran and Jin.
If you are a Jin player, you are pretty much forced to buy one to have any hope in hell of playing here at the end-game levels. Give it a couple months and those that don't have upgrades will be rq-ing because they can no longer compete.
Not everybody can dip a hand into their pocket and pull out $80+ USD (remember you gotta forge and + them too at horrible rates - more $$$) to spend on a game. I doubt many of the Pinoys that joined will be able to.
Frankly I see it as a good short term play (as long as people continue to buy them) by P/W to get some fast cash in from those that van afford it. Once the demand for these starts dropping, so will the cash.