Do these companies get paid based on downloads only? I assume the answer is yes simply due to the amount of false advertising that's prevalent with these type of games.
Not this game. Probably half the players buy packages constantly. I don't and that's why I'm not max level. When someone buys a package, the alliance and the server gets a reward. So I see how often those package rewards are coming in and it blows my mind. One thing though, I do not know how much the packages cost. I don't know if people are spending thousands of dollars or tens of dollars.