Maybe that's what the masses want. Even if there was a massive conspiracy by the industry, it's clear that free to play makes more money when done right
I hate it so I just play old and indie games most of the time.
Almost anything turns to shit as soon as the masses come.
The issue is that all the innovation is is hiring psychologists to mess with people's heads. Ask someone to pay 200$ to play fortnite and they'll balk at the idea, get them to pay 200$ in 5$ increments(not even, what you actually do is sell them 20$ of vbuck fun money to obfuscate and confuse how much things cost and sell them strangely priced things that can't add up to 20$ so you'll have just less money than you need for something at the end) and they'll get there eventually. The masses are up against teams of malevolent people trying to figure out how to rip them off without them realizing, what they want isn't a factor.
I hate it so I just play old and indie games most of the time.
Almost anything turns to shit as soon as the masses come.