I'm not part of the team...

However, I am a game developer.

I'm curious, how long do you think a game should "survive" and how often do you think a game should patch?

In my experience, as the owner of a game for almost 7 years. Weekly patches are nearly impossible (without a large enough team and/or significant money) and after 7 years it starts to become very difficult to justify adding new things. Eventually, it starts to make more sense to add a new game. Doesn't it?

Paid DLCs are an option, but heavily frowned on by the gaming community. Lootboxes are a good way to earn money, but unethical.

Anyway, my point here is to ask you what you think "long support" and "constant patches" means?