mister k
"As wonderful as money is, it's important not to make it your raison d'etre."
"If you enjoy statistics and money more than game development, you might as well give up now. The vast majority of solo / indie game developers won't make an annual income that exceeds what you'd earn flipping burgers in McDonalds."
Good points, I'll add that, in this case, you (not you, but the one that enjoys more the money and stats) may also just not do the game, but learn to establish a marketing model depending on existing games, so actual devs that cares can make money out of their good, well polished, work.
Right now it seems people are more "trying things out for quick and easy money", whereas being able to make consistent money out of a real work seems like a "no go, not even worth trying duh!"