As I came up with the above number in a different thread, I feel the need to point out not all new accounts actually start to play (IIRC 30-40 % do) so my current estimate was 100k a day (I mentioned 200k as an upper bound because my guesstimate on HP needed per active account was somewhat higher - which might be too optimistic) and the prinicpal message was it surely does not explain Hive being taken off the exchanges by millions a day (the effect is going to be visible longterm but it is not like Splinterlands is responsible for all the action we are experiencing right now).
BTW, some accounts that start playing are going to drop out. Fingers crossed for them to find entertainment elsewhere on Hive but thats not for ganted either.