All games don't cost $80. The indie game being developed definitely isn't going to cost $80. I can't think of many games that cost $80 other than AAA titles on

All games don't cost $80. The indie game being developed definitely isn't going to cost $80. I can't think of many games that cost $80 other than AAA titles on release week and exploitative "collector's edition" items. If $80 is a significant purchase, then there are many, many ways to reduce the cost or mitigate the risk. You can wait for a sale, wait for the initial reviews to come in, wait for a friend to buy it and try it at their house, etc. The way you're phrasing it sounds like the buyer is forced at gunpoint to buy an $80 game every month, after being forced at gunpoint to buy a console that costs hundreds of dollars or a gaming PC that costs thousands. If someone I knew purchased expensive items and was unhappy with them, yet continued to make the same poor purchases and was continually unhappy, I'm not sure the purchaser is blameless.