Oh, you are forcing us to make something... so pay more and more.
Well dont do it then? No they wont do that either, because of course this is nonsense logic. The games industry got captured by late stage capitalism. The only thing that matters is more money every year. It doesnt matter how much they make, its not enough. RDR2 sold over 60 million copies, this made rockstar choke so bad they dropped the online component like it was cancer.
The only bright side is that the indie game scene has renewed the old games market where you can find deep, fun, interesting games without microtransations.
But people need to just let go of the rest, at least, don't pretend its the same market. Its just about getting you to spend $2k on a game you used to buy for $60.