You are so correct, it's tragic in its own simplicity. <br><br>Not to brag," but I'm one of those gamers who saw the... <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23WritingOnTheWall"">#WritingOnTheWall</a> as it were back when the first Xbox 360 had been out for a while. it was right before they released the 2nd generation of the 360. No one was buying the console anymore. Mine was collecting dust because I hadn't played anything new on it in quite a while and lo and behold Microsoft dropped the shiny new black 360 on the masses and everyone literally lost their nut. It was the same EXACT machine just painted a different color but people flocked to it in droves and it became Xbox's 2nd coming. The PS3 was doing no better but it was already black (LoL). And I remember saying to myself at the time "...Is this all it takes..."? "...Just push out the same crap", but dress it up differently..."?  The year was 2008/2009, I think and by 2010, I had had enough and decided to make the transition to PC-Gaming. Bought my first rig from CyberPower PC and I never looked back. Jump ahead to 2018 and nibbled at the RDR bit just like everyone else and my dumb-ass purchased an XB1 just to play RDR. I can't put into words how very different the experience was booting up the XB1 for the first time vs booting up the XB360 all those years ago. From the moment you load into the XB1 dashboard, monetization and microtransactions are constantly shoved in your face. And this is before ever loading up a game. So I have to agree with the other YouTuber you referenced - The crash isn't coming, it is indeed here and has been here for some time. <br><br>It's even on the PC but I will say at least on the PC it's quantifiable and tangible to an extent because it still rests solely with the game publishers when specifically talking about the PC. On the consoles, Sony," Microsoft and even Nintendo have fully embraced this trend. There isn't one PC overlord like with the console market so if a PC gamer doesn't fully <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23buyinto"">#buyinto</a> the game itself (usually a console port of some sort)"," they miss the <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23FullOn"">#FullOn</a> barrage of monetization marketing. That and PC gamers are a rife bunch. We will definitely tell you when you're fucking up. But I'll admit - I fell for the okey-doke because I wanted to play RDR2 so badly. Now I'm sorry I ever bought another console. RDRO has burned me so badly that I doubt I will ever purchase another console/console game. Here's praying and hoping that CD Projekt Red doesn't succumb to the monetization-bug with CyberPunk 2077.<br><br>All I can say at this point is THANK God for developers like Chris Roberts and games like Satr Citizen. This game in its alpha-development state offers more than RDRO and/or Fallout 76 could ever hope to."