If every icon cost 5k RP that would be their prerogative.
So exactly the same as it's my prerogative to voice my disagreement with that. But I'm clearly not allowed to do that.
So, what generation would that be? The one who's used to pay for a game only once and then own it, without having to worry about internet access and microtransactions was an unknown concept? If so, then yes, I'm guilty.
Here, take a look at this:
http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aQ80Ovw_700b.jpg
Are you really trying to tell me this is incorrect?
Yes, it's the gamers, aka us, who has allowed the game companies to run their business in this way, but that doesn't mean everyone - myself included! - have to like it!
I still got my Age of Empires 2 Collectors Edition in a retail cardboard box on my shelf - that would be something physical, and meaning the game is not obtained from an online service - so you can take those presumptions of yours elsewhere.