And I'm still convinced that there is a market for 10-15$ games. It's just that today's customer won't pay that much for the cute 2d physics game, or the classic reproduction of Super Mario in Flash.

I believe there's a range in between the 0.99$ Pacman on Android and the 70$+ new Assasin's Creed. I believe that a dedicated team of indie developers could pull-off a a modern game worth of that price range.