I think there are a ton of parallels between making money creating mobile games and making money in the arts. I think part of the disillusionment with budding g

I think there are a ton of parallels between making money creating mobile games and making money in the arts. I think part of the disillusionment with budding game developers is that their core craft is still a very much in demand. The core of what they do, programming, is worth a lot of money to a lot of companies, so they assume they should be making a certain amount of money from their efforts. The demand for musicians is substantially lower and most people understand early on that their chances of succeeding in the music business are slim and it will be a massive amount of work to even give it a fair try. If I ever got into game development, I'd treat it exactly as I treat music -- as a serious hobby.