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It’s important to realize that we, the players, are no longer the customers of video game companies. We’re just a source of money. The real customers are the investors, and no matter what, the companies need to keep them happy and show them that their investments are paying off.

At this point I wouldn't even call it capitalism anymore because it's really so far removed from the original idea of free markets and demand of customers driving prices of goods that the description of this investor hell doesn't match We should call it investorism. Because that's what it truly is.

what do you mean, capitalism always hated free markets because it made harder to accumulate capital — it was always in favor of strong pro-business, anti-customer regulation

I mean yeah, there is natural conflict between the free market and capitalism, but that doesn't make them mutually exclusive to each other.' Like with so many things in life, it's a balancing act. You want to regulate capitalism to the extend that customers do not get scammed, harmed or...