Sadly, that's the only territory they seem to be able to make any money. But I'm backing you on this one. They're definately fleecing us all and at the same time are so desperate to be able to diversify like Queen that they're rapidly losing all creedibility among their original fans. This, depite the fact that their new stuff is actually quite good...just different, more 00's.
The Beatles may have been able to do it in the 60's but, as it says in the liner notes of another band who thought they could manage the same thing, "We soon find out, it wasn't the 60's anymore and we wern't the Beatles!".
It looks like they're going the way of Extreme. Up their own ass!!