Your description matches the current situation more than the system socialists imagine. Most of the people wishing for communism don’t wish for what you describe. Those people usually wish for a system where the working class wields the power in a way Marx wrote about.
So many peoples view on communism is shaped by the same populist propaganda we had since the 40ies.
Would you mind explaining how wishlisting a game helps the devs? Is it an algorithm thing? Will it be shown to more people when it is being wishlisted more?