I agree. Game companies don't create games for free, and if they do, then they're siphoning off personal data and selling it to the highest bidder to support themselves. The business model should be clear: if you're getting a game for free, developers need to state how they make money for transparency purposes.
Today we buy games, and we own the arcade. Fuck ingame extras.
Razor1911 forever /s
What?
The coins were paying for the games, the arcade rent, etc...
With home machines, you own the arcade - so you just buy the game once... dlc payments are nothing like coins for cabinets.
So it depends on the usage to see if you spend less, more or break even on the costs.
I don't include cheating (i.e. after finishing D2 a few times, I started using SaveGameEditors so I can play with 'this' or 'that' set) as this has immense value that could not easily be made in an arcade.