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Absolutely.
Give me 5 years without worrying about the money, and I'll build a game bigger and fancier than any AAA title (assuming someone else will do the art and story)
I'd build worlds just because I like to feel godlike - I'd write the rules to generate world after world just because that's what I am, and without worrying about finances I'd hand it off to others to do what they love with it. Other people love writing engines or handcrafting experiences - I love building the tools
I think you're looking at it the wrong way -- AAA stuff isn't good because of a profit motive, it's this bad because everyone is trying to minimize the work put in and maximize the profits. If everyone working on games collaborated on a few engines and shared work freely between each other, we'd have way better games