Plenty of games successfully release, look good, and turn a nice profit without nickle-and-diming players.

DLCs can be done gracefully too ( Deep Rock Galactic DLCs are basically a tipping jar to the devs. You don't get nagged in game to spend more. ''Seasons'' ( major content updates ) are included in the price of the base game. No Pay to Win. Cosmetics unlock by to dozens though game progression ).

Bloated mega studios have to reform of go bankrupt. They won't reform, because ''the bloat'' is in charge.