I imagine the short term ROI for Minecraft is much higher. That isn't to say the SV team isn't doing great work that could eventually be of colossal importance

I imagine the short term ROI for Minecraft is much higher. That isn't to say the SV team isn't doing great work that could eventually be of colossal importance... but if it can't be quantified on a spreadsheet, the bean-counters don't consider it.