> The IGN & Indeed claimed rates are for professional (typically uni educated) programmers, who are actually employed in the industry. There's also a high failure rate which these figures don't take into account.
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But how some people became successful? I once heard an indie Dev gained 14000$ from his android game! So there is no hope from game Dev? When I see successful people in the gaming industry it encourage and motivate me to work harder and give me the will to say: one day, you will do it!
Look at flappy birds, $50,000/day in ads.
There is always hope, just like the app industry, many indie devs are looking for that "one idea" that will explode and make them rich.