I think anyone who would release a high-end graphics game would make tons of money, especially if his production costs are close to zero, like when using LE 2.1.
The idea that the Leadwerks engine is somehow 2 years more advanced than the Crysis Engine, and that it comes with little magical fairies which come around and create all your art for you is so ludicrous as to put almost anyone off. I'm not sure if you're trying to encourage or discourage, but I can tell you that your plugging of the Leadwerks Engine in every unrelated thread is so heavy-handed that it puts me right off of ever trying it, and I collect game engines like some people collect postcards.
Incidentally, I entirely disagree with your premise. I think anyone who would release a high-end graphics game would lose a ton of money, or just do nothing at all if you insisted on doing it with zero budget. Given that the Crysis shipping numbers were extremely poor and have only recently been boosted by practically giving it away with videocards, I think you'd have to be mad to think you could do better numbers with no budget.