Movies as Video Games?

I think that studios come out with video games based on movies as a way of marketing.  Also, their main idea is to make the player feel like they are in or somehow a part of the movie.  Movie and gaming junkies would find this sort of thing appealing, especially for the James Bond movies.  Everyone I know that grew up with a Nintendo 64 gaming system remembers the 007 GoldenEye game, which was based on the movie.  However, these days I do not know many people who buy video games based on movies.  It seems redundant in today's culture to have games based on movie.  People yearn for new things.

An article I read in the LA times by Ben Fritz explains how games based on films on are cheap to make and poor quality.  But, if a film has the marketing budget for it, they will make games because enough are sold to make a profit.  In the last few years, less games based on movies are being made.  This is due to the fact that gaming is become more high-quality, therefore they can take up to three years to make (much longer than it takes to make movies).  They have also become more expensive to make.  Because of those factors, it makes sense that films are having less video games based on them.
Full Los Angeles Times Article