Yep, overall i agree with you. Of course, there are a few people who actually write their own engines AND finish their games, but they're probably in the minori

Yep, overall i agree with you. Of course, there are a few people who actually write their own engines AND finish their games, but they're probably in the minority. I guess what i tried to say is that if your goal is to make money, then there are lots of ways to save on time and effort, in the case of gamedev that being using existing technologies and solutions, possibly even assets (as long as you don't mix art styles that don't match). It's much the same as wanting to produce a corporate CRUD web app vs writing a personal blogging engine for a passion project or simply for own amusement. Both can result in finished products, yet the motivations for each would be drastically different.