It's all good, really.

Big companies are trying to tie up the games industry like they did with the music scene back in the 60's onwards and they don't understand that a game is more than being told what is cool by some drab journalists with daddy issues.

Once they've killed off all the IPs that were guaranteed money they might treat the new ones which will arise with a bit more respect because the spice will flow regardless of whether they are getting their cut of it or not.