Games (and software) are one of the few forms of media and free speech that are subject to this.

Hence why streaming, e-books, etc come in to push in convenience while removing ownership/independence.

I see it tangentially related in how it operates similar to fossil fuels/renewables. The industry wants you to keep buying. They can't control the sun, wind, etc, so you don't need to rely on them.

Same kinda thing here, they want you to rely on them and keep buying the newest thing. And if they delete your old version, welp, guess you better come get the new one (especially when they "remaster" it with 0 effort and slap it on a new digital storefront.)

I just hate the profit motive lol