It's tempting but wondering if it would just come out for Gamepass or something in the future.
When this dropped in price actually within the first 30 days (allowing most people that paid full price day 1 to price correct), it was obvious that it would go free 2 play. It's a persistent online game with micro-transactions for fucks sake.
*PSA* Wii Redump collector's can now unscrub ISO files. So scrubbed games can now be verified. You can find the program to do this here