The problem is that no matter how much money games publishers make, it's never enough. Plus we have one of those rare industries/hobbies where a sizeable section of the consumer base are more than happy to go to bat for these companies.
Then again in IRL we have the water companies who don't maintain or improve infrastructure, rather siphon off our money to shareholders while telling us we need to pay more if we want to avoid hosepipe bans after one of the wettest winters on record...and we happily take it up the arse...so what do I know 🤣