"While we're at it, lets just make music and films for money. Heck, we might as make just create literature for the sake of making money while we're at it."
sure it's sad, but it doesn't make it false, there are real artists out there, artist of music, programming, literature, etc.... but those aren't the norm. In almost everything in the world, the big dudes with the money (corporations, etc.) decide what people will see, wear, play. That's how we live, but you really feel the toll when there's something you see really worth existing or being promoted, but because is not profitable, you never see it.

some time ago I read something about a complain that games companies have about the "free" online multiplayer capabilities of a game, because, acording to them, when the multiplayer it's so good, you prefer playing the same game over and over instead of buying other "worst-seller" games...
I mean... that's obvious, why would I want a buy a new game when I have a good one?.... but acording to them, every multiplayer game should have it's own fee you have to pay in order to play online (aside of you Live Gold suscription in the case of xbox), that way the will encourage people to buy new games, unless they really want to keep paying a fee to play COD online, for instance