How does them giving free games have anything to do with their desire for a “monopolistic” market share? Couldn’t they just do the same if they wanted any market share?

Yes but they used it as an adjective, not a verb.

Man, I flew to a Korean last year for around $800 a ticket but I CANNOT find anything under 1k this year so far. And I’ve been looking all year, I even use most of these tricks… I’m afraid flying there is just a lot more expensive now 😞

Dont know about where you’re from but when someone says concert they usually mean large production in an arena or other large seating capacity venue. Not something that is held at bars. I’d call something I go to at a bar a “show”.