"Surely there are better ways to make money than to just rely on litigating patents." All evidence thus far points to the opposite, except for small exceptions

"Surely there are better ways to make money than to just rely on litigating patents." All evidence thus far points to the opposite, except for small exceptions such as suing NewEgg. That's why patent trolls are becoming such a huge problem - the process is so absurdly profitable that companies are formed simply to take advantage of it. There's no way their management are going to change their minds.