Well, before you get to pre order any video game, you must have known very well what the game is all about and be convinced it's excellent to your taste.
Seriously, as far as I'm concerned, money rules the world and it's not surprising that one would be willing to do anything to make money even as a gamer.
I don't really think it's going to be too expensive for gamers to purchase such games because they will still invest more in the games by paying for what they gamble with which they can lose.
There is definitely a good possibility that Endwalker will help to ease things up for new gamers but I'm very sure that the challenge will still be there for some gamers. It's actually why some games argue the point of having such quest being made able to be skipped by choice!!
Seriously, that's really frustrating with leathers. Does it mean that there isn't any kind of leather material that wouldn't crack when it's used for long?