What it boils down to (heh) is greed. Greed has become institutionalized; acquiring more money has become more important than anything else, including quality, customer satisfaction, creativity, innovation, reputation, ethics, even developer satisfaction. As long as the product makes a profit it's Ok if it's crappy, the producer dishonest, and the customers unhappy. I don't know how we got here or how to fix it--the problem (and it is a problem) transcends industries. Hollywood has also fallen victim to profits-at-all-cost, with carbon-copy remakes and cookie-cutter strategy.