Slayven was a regular member here before the split and spent most of his time in the black culture thread talking dumb shit like that. I mean look at his name. He wears that shit on his sleeve lol.
Consumers won't care.
I enjoy following the industry at large as a hobby, a bit like sports people follow new player and coach hires.
Estimating whether or not there's a cost doesn't play any part in which games I choose to buy nor which services I choose to subscribe, but it's a nice exercise in trying to figure out where the market is going.