[xchaotic]

It definitely takes passion. Commercially, there isn't a lot of chance that the game will earn more than 7 years worth of earnings...

[bananaboy]

Well stardew valley took about five years to develop and has probably made bank for the developer. So there is a precedent :P

[eigenbom]

Oh yeah, no chance. The best outcome for me is to earn enough to keep making games.

[phkahler]

Dude, that's what the OP meant unless you're still being sarcastic ;-)

[eigenbom]

I was agreeing with him!