It is a separate issue but digital games need work too.
Namely that digital games should in theory cost less than physical. There are no manufacturing and very little distribution costs. As it stands now the consumer has no ability to resell. And it’s often direct to consumer.
Never mind the ass-backwards controls they put on the software limiting how you can use it (looking at you, Nintendo. Anyone with more than one switch shared by more than one user understands).
You wouldn’t download a serial killer.
But you could download countless murder-mystery audiobooks and ebooks from Libby, so that’s a close second.