Comment by torben-friis

>I think that in practice subscription services, piracy, and F2P games fulfill the niche of low cost gaming

F2P is not an alternative because (good) games are not a commodity, each piece is individually valuable (otherwise why conserve?). Subscription services are just enshittification waiting to happen.

Piracy is actually an alternative, but we all lose if consumers are pushed to that.

The lack of secondary market is not only a concern for low cost gamers, it also pushes for monopolies in several different dimensions. For example, you're less likely to move platforms if you can't resell your library. You're also less likely to give a chance to a less known dev if you can't resell in case you don't like it.