That's mostly true although a price explosion would do good in the sense that it grabs the attention of a lot of people who might get into BTCZ then.
Bitcoin Z witnessed at least two price explosions and I am certainly that it got big attention from whales, who really want to manipulate its coins and take profits from Bitcoin Z.
I know but compared to other forks the price explosions were relatively modest. Maybe the whales take it to the next level if another crypto bull run occurs.