I think all media you mentioned have similar effects and all have both Hollywood and indie areas.

I mean, some sports games are definitely hollywoodized with "let's just swap some colours, change 2021 to 2022 and charge another $70". On the other hand Bill Wurtz still releases new tunes on YouTube and Ben Levin continues doing... Ben stuff. In movies you can still get quality indie productions like Joel Haver's full movies. My random selection of course, but the point is, there's definitely indie stuff available if you want it.

There are some jewels in the category of the short movies. For example, some films, even mini-series from the DUST channel on YouTube.

I mean there’s indie games that are works of art just like there are indie movies for the lack of a better term. Similarly there are plenty of popcorn games with big budgets and shallow content.

This might be true. But to me it seems like Indie games make real money. Mosty because making a good game requires less personel than making a good movie.

most indie games have shallow content as well... you are probably just cherry picking the top of the iceberg.

Plenty of indie games have stunning visuals and lame cookie cutter gameplay.