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Biggest problem is that the rules between GTE and GT3 in detail are divergent enough that the only car that I know of that can be converted directly from one spec to another is the 488. And it's reportedly actually cheaper to buy the GT3 and the GTE conversion kit than the ready built GTE car.
Also, GTE is biased (supposedly) towards factory teams. GT3 is supposed to be customer based. However, several times, especially on the GT3 side, the line does get blurred due to the mount of support that the car makers throw toward favored teams.
What I'm actually interested in is how much the average GTE and average GT3 car cost, and how much per mile/kilometer they cost to operate and run. And how much in terms of personnel on the team does it take to run a car as well.
But at the end of the day, GT3 has proven to be a profit center (thus far) for car makers who run customer based programs. GTE hasn't been that way since the GT2 days. As long as there's willing customers willing to pay what the market will bear and setting that statute, GT3 will be OK as a formula.
As far as individual series go, though, it goes back to supply and demand.
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