A philosophical question for you.
Publishers do things by the numbers to generate revenue. They play it safe. They do not let loose things like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Zone of the Enders 2. They put out that which is safe, that which they have a pretty good idea will sell, because as evidenced by legions of slack-jawed nitwits who have a few bucks to burn, these types of games do sell.
However, when a publisher is wealthy enough, they tend to take more risks.
Does this make them sellouts?
Consider your own career. Suppose you're going to college to be a IT person, but your real passion and talent lies in writing fiction. You spend years being at best okay with your career, and most of the time pissed off at the things you don't enjoy about it. Day by day you feel less and less inspired creatively, and ultimately you never write that book.
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