Making good games and making popular games are two different things.
Going mainstream was a mistake.
How do we go back?

Hasn't been cheap in ages.
They are selling ebikes to idiots for 15k
Just bring production back it's more then possible and stop pretending people that have masters degrees and work at fast foot restorants can't learn how to use simple tools.

Try to implement.
Rock skipping, rolling massive bolders down a hill...