You are correct that this too must be addressed, but there are some issues you are ignoring here: 1. Consoles have traditionally been sold at a loss with the a

You are correct that this too must be addressed, but there are some issues you are ignoring here: 1. Consoles have traditionally been sold at a loss with the assumption that game sales will make up for our. 2. Console makers do not try to control prices outside their ecosystem (e.g. on other platforms). 3. The number of developers is significantly lower, increasing the development support cost (e.g. toolchain) per released game.