Exactly. Every time I see a discussion about this someone brings up "There are 10,000 new games a month. Making money is pure luck." When you remove all the st

Exactly. Every time I see a discussion about this someone brings up "There are 10,000 new games a month. Making money is pure luck." When you remove all the student games, the angry birds clones, the board-game clones, and the just plain terrible games, you're left with a much smaller pool of competitors. Being an indie developer is like being an actor. Everyone thinks that it's all about luck, but they forget that 99 out of a 100 people who move to California to make it in Hollywood, can't act their way out of a paper bag. If you move to LA, and you have actual acting talent and the looks to match, chances are you can make money--maybe you won't be a huge star, but you've got a good chance at earning a living.