I know actual game developers who released their games for free or under a pay-what-you-want model. They refuse to do so again because they can’t support themselves by doing it. I am a game developer and I won’t release my games for free because I need to support myself. There is all the data you need.
the plural of “anecdote” is not “data”
It’s more relevant data than you are providing.
your insistence on relevance is giving the lie to your denial about moving the goalposts.