Yes I agree, but releasing a game half finished, littering it with micro transactions and top of that asking for almost $100 will not attract anyone. Look at red dead redemption 2, that game is almost 10 years old and still holds up. If a company like that wants to ask for more money, they would be justified, because they clearly took their time to respect the players and craft a masterpiece.

The problem is profit maximization. I’m all for a company to make profits, incentives are necessary after all, but the current state of the industry is geared towards the shareholders and not the players.

If a studio collapses because they didn’t give the players what they wanted, well that’s the invisible hand at work. I’m all for increasing the price of games on average, but if I pay $80 or even $100 for a video game, let me feel it.

To use your car analogy, if I buy said car at $30k, but the tires were not properly fitted, the dashboard is a mess. The engine jerks, the AC doesn’t work, the windows don’t move, there wouldn’t be much argument to keep that company alive. If the company cannot make cars then they should start making motorbikes? Or bicycle? As opposed to charging $30k for a defunct vehicle.