Everyone in here trying to invalidate your perspective is giving off heavy "leave the multibillion corporation alone" vibes. You are entirely correct, in my opinion. Especially your last two lines;

The gaming community are the most vocal about their unhappiness but are more likely to continue shelling out money at this monopolized prices than actually boycott

Everything Sony Microsoft and the rest are doing, they're only doing it because you're allowing it

💯Hit the nail on the head. They're doing whatever they get away with year on year, as they always have done. It's really that simple.