Amazon dot com and building a game are so different that it is difficult to follow the metaphor to any place where it offers insight. The reality is that it cos

Amazon dot com and building a game are so different that it is difficult to follow the metaphor to any place where it offers insight. The reality is that it costs money to support any gaming platform. The cost of supporting platforms with only a tiny number of players can easily outstrip any potential upside. A prominent indie dev on twitter once said, of his game that has sold at least several hundred thousand copies, that only 100 people will buy your game on Linux and every single one will email you to tell you that they did. That they are technical and vocal doesn't make the playerbase any larger.