It's especially sad to me because CDPR was one of the major developers who really seemed on the right side of things. The Witcher games never offered micro-transactions, and the DLC constituted substantial, supplementary extensions over the base game. (And it was sold DRM-Free to boot.)

Even as someone who never cared for their games, I really appreciated them as a developer. I can't say whether The Witcher contained compulsive/addictive elements, but CDPR was not incentivized to do so, which IMO is what matters.

I don't know whether or not this says anything about the industry, it's just a shame.