It's like a train wreak. One I'm sure a lot of people have seen from a ton of other artists over the years and your point also still baffles me. It's like people have blinders on and only see the art work and by the time they realize they made a mistake, it's far too late to fix anything financially and here we are.
Think starfinder is possibly a good example of this.

It's like, you want to scream and shout at these people,"Don't just don't!" But.. sadly, as far as I can tell, it doesn't stop them.