@LukeAlmighty
>I do not understand the entire...
Me neither. Gamers are not strong willed enough to actually protest, in a meaningful way, a massive price increase. So even if every single AAA studio out there follows Rockstar's lead, and increase base price to $100 or more, little will change. People will buy bad overpriced AAA games and feel scammed. But they're already buying bad games and getting scammed, and little has happened to rectify it.
I wonder if the narrative that the industry will crashed came from gamers that are coping that they will have to pay more $$$, cause they know they can't control themselves from buying slop. So they try to fearmonger, hoping the industry will reconsider the price increase.