It was easier to make money back then. The barrier to entry making a game was higher since to get good performance you needed to write in assembly language. You

It was easier to make money back then. The barrier to entry making a game was higher since to get good performance you needed to write in assembly language. You had to rtfm as there was no internet to ask questions on. So a smallish number of developers were going after a booming demand for games. My first game in the industry was on Amiga and PC and made a decent profit for the company I worked for despite that I basically taught myself to program making it.