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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris
making games is far more profitable then anything else.
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You sure?
If you meant Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty or FIFA it is profitable, that's true but to develop these it cost several million and it is not you doing these games anyway.
About Minecraft yes cool story bro, but that happens as often as a facebook story: it does not happen to you.
I released several games in past 15 years (home computers, mobile phones), and in most cases I ended in loss, also you need to release new games for new platforms every year - much easier to do $$ in adult, at least cams, after site is up, it runs ok for years.
95% of independent game developers end up in loss. Example, average iphone/android game sales (advertising + in-app purchase) makes $500-$1000 for whole game lifetime (a year or 2) - development time well worth more than $1k. Source code of games is for sale for $100-$300 in auction sites. Top sals games spent lots $$ in advertising, the viral thing it is a legend, check there are affiliate networks for web games much like adult (and they use PHP very often).