Your initial point is not valid. All you said was that you're going to wait -- there was no mention of spending on games in the same genre. Inaction (i.e. wait

Your initial point is not valid. All you said was that you're going to wait -- there was no mention of spending on games in the same genre. Inaction (i.e. waiting only) is not easily measured by game developers without spending money or doing additional work on market research or surveys. Waiting by itself incentivizes nothing.