[matwood]

Selling the car and cashing in 401K is generating cash flow.

So is selling a kidney, but that doesn't make it a good idea. The wife had a job and quit. The husband appears to have some IT skills that he could have used to bring cash in on the side while looking for that hit game.

Heck, if they both kept working they could have had someone make these games for them for way less than they loss in money and opportunity costs.