The problem here, is multi-factored.
1. Generational Gap.
—> People age out and become the minority. We are in that group.
—> The new people who come out haven’t experienced what we have, so they don’t have the same level of quality expectance.
2. People stuck in the mindset that AAA = Best.
—> There are people who think anything AAA+ is great, and anything below is bad.
—> There are people who just see a few bad games, and think anything in the Indie and AA space are bad.
—> Mischaracterization on what genres actually exist outside the AAA+ space.
3. You have people that have the mindset.
—> It will get fixed eventually.
—> It is their money, so they can spend it however they want. Not realizing, they are paying into a worse system.
—> Micro/DLC is optional. Forgetting, or not knowing or experiencing. A time that existed, when all of that came free or resold fully in a new version with more added on top.
4. Protecting corporation choices.
—> Right now, you have people supporting $80 base game. Which is completely ridiculous. Not realizing.
1. A digital copy should be far cheaper.
2. Corporations are just charging us for their mismanagement of funds.
What happens, is that corporations see people are willing to pay, so they raise the price.
—> Argument that games would be far more expensive from back then if it was today.
Ignoring, that back then the market crashed. On top of that, the wage was more in line to keep up with the cost. Wages have been pretty stagnant.
Let alone the economy right now makes it even harder to afford non necessities.
—> You have those that try to insult people who cannot afford it. Those people perpetuates the cycle. Corporations just see it as a win for them.
5. People who just buy.
—> Casual buyers. They don’t really pay attention, and just buy without thinking much on it. It is only after they get more experience do they stop to think about it.
—> This continues with the defending of corporations. You have those who just accept it, and corporations see they can just get away with giving out less and lower quality, and charge more for things.
In the end, it falls on the consumers. You can’t blame a corporation for making money. You have to blame the consumers.