They've always appealed to the lowest common denominator, i don't know what to tell you. They're designed for mass appeal and to sell as much as they can. Right now, the budget required for your definition of "AAA" is so high that taking risks is suicide. That's not going to change and it'll continue to dwindle until the games that fall into your definition of "AAA" will go extinct, and you'll be paying a monthly fee for streaming services or whatever the fuck the future of console gaming is, i don't care. But right now, that's basically inevitable. Oh, and right now we're in "Remake/Remaster" era. That's what this generation will be defined as in the long run. Nintendo's the wild card here, i honestly have no idea what their future is. Pray that they last.
This isn't directed at you, OP, but what i would recommend, in general, is to put down your PS5 and the handful of third person action games you stroke your dick for because they're exclusive for a couple of years and then released on PC anyway, aggressively push yourself out of your rotting comfort zone and actually play some video games that stimulate your brain.