Tautologies are also very cheap these days :) It wasn’t meant to be an attack, I’m mostly wondering about the motivations.
It takes a huge amount of work to make such a game, even if everything goes perfectly well. I know there are interesting technical challenges in the game and there’s potentially a lot of money and other motivation, but I simply can’t image myself working hard several years to create a virtual environment where you can throw shit around and watch women explode because of alien insemination. (This is a simplification indeed, but the point should be clear.)
Would you invest the time and effort? If yes, why do you feel it’s worth it?
The legendary Carmack has been working on a game called "Rage" for the past 6 years. Six years ago, iphones & androids didn't exist. Game developers do it because they enjoy it, even if the hard-core-games tend to make less dough than games like angry birds or guitar hero.
How big is entertainment sports business? How many millions of dollars do we pay individual players?