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Well, yes that is how capitalism in part works. Though there are other motivations that can drive things beyond, greed such as pride in ones work. Anyways, I agree. And greed itself can be a force of good, if it encourages people to pursue money through the right means.

I believe part of it is the sheer exploitativeness of it, and the sheer money grubbing greed. The drive to monetize everything, even things that are essentially value-added in the sense that they increase the value of the game independent of its own content. Like modding.

And what do you mean available? And where? Is it in the game's marketing? Do they say they are selling the product like this? Or are they advertising it, in such a way that it isn't apparent? And really, you are assuming that someone will be able to find the information or that it is available...

I am pretty sure that is the definition of dishonest? Do you really want me to start tossing dictionary definitions at you? I am pretty sure that would just cause us to rapidly descend into pointless sophistry. And I am pretty sure wanting what you paid for is not that. It is wanting what you...

Which does nothing to defeat my point. They do that with content that is on the disk you paid for, and then ask you to pay extra for the content that you already paid for. I mean in what world would Darth Vader not be in a Star Wars game at launch? I am pretty sure that having access to Darth...

No, it isn't. You paid for a full game, and they effectively withhold content from you, unless you pay extra for content you already paid for. What you are describing is called DLC. Dee-Elle-Sea.

I am pretty sure it is fraudulent, you paid for a product and you are not getting the full product. Unless, you believe that people aren't entitled to the full product that they paid for? *to be clear, I am only going after loot boxes in paid games right now.

Then the corporations can make the choice not to be scumbags by that same token, but they don't.

Some elements of the Gacha industry actually tried to do that and self regulate industry wide. But the effort died in the crib, though I think some companies still voluntarily self-regulate.

Indeed. And larger businesses can and do use them to crowd out competition or prevent smaller businesses from muscling in on their turf. Also can be seen with the flagrant abuse of lobbying by Disney to keep the mouse out of public domain.

I would wager that it is perceived as a violation of the company's right to create the product as they wish, and that they are being held responsible for other people's irresponsibility? I don't really think it is, because it is obviously an attempt to squeeze more money out of products that...