Indie game developer, Can you make a living?

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[quote name="GameBoy"] gameBoy;
Well, writing web apps for businesses, you could charge more for each license you sell than you would probably make in total from selling an indie game.
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Developing custom software (or customizations) as a consultant/freelancer for small/medium companies are profitable. If you have the skills, then thats instant cash.

I havent had a effort at game creating yet, but reading from the aforementioned posts u can better do a dayjob in project management and/or C# dotnet consulting. Developing a game from scratch wont allow you to buy a bread after 30 days of coding. Consulting does. I know a few C# consultants with no affinity for games but they do earn a big buck.

Code your packman-clone in your after-hours time, stay at your dayjob. Unless any1 have other advice?