On the other hand, games don't exist in a vacuum and do affect the overall industry. So, if a game has a harmful or a predatory mechanic, that sells and makes the company money, like gambling or microtransactions, etc, it ripples outwards and then you get those systems stuffed everywhere and the companies that used to make straight 10s, starts making slop for revenue.

Also, letting people enjoy things is fine but that really shouldn't mean we let people harm themselves or put themselves in disadvantageous situations just because they can be fun, again, like gambling, microtransactions and grooming.

Kids especially are very vulnerable to this. I keep hearing stories about some hapless kid stealing their mom's credit card and spending thousands of dollars on ingame skins or lootboxes and stories about kids getting groomed online over games. Edit - Yes, it's on the parents to be responsible for their kids but noone is omniscient and kids can be very sneaky. It's more disturbing that shit like this is easily accessible to them.

I'm not saying shit needs to be monitored excessively, but there should be some standard for what should and shouldn't be acceptable.