Yup. The $50 price-tag for console games isn't enough to pay for their bloated $200 million budgets. At best, the big studios make a very small margin of profit

Yup. The $50 price-tag for console games isn't enough to pay for their bloated $200 million budgets. At best, the big studios make a very small margin of profit. Most of those big budget games put the studio in debt (or transfer the debt to the third party developers who actually create the game). This is why they're bankrupt and dissolving. I'm glad to see the game industry stretching to accommodate more indie developers. It's about time.