That's that poor people mentality that keeps people poor. "I'm not paying $50 for this 20 pack of razors! They must think I'm dumb! I'm buying this single one for $5 instead"
"I'm not paying $700 for this phone then $60/month for service! I'll pay $300 down and $110/ month for two years instead "
When you add in multiplayer subscription costs, new controllers every 6 months, more expensive games (face it no ones playing madden 07 online, if you want to play with your buddies it's the new $70 a pop games or nothing), all that it ends up way more expensive.
I saw Fallout 4 for $30 yesterday, and PC games are pretty much free if you wanna just steal them lol.
But nah i agree with you. It just doesn't make sense to me.