No, I don't ignore them.
Not sure how you define "Indie Game", but there have been self-published games from smaller developers and shareware games on PC for a very long time.
I played some 2D platformers when they were almost dead on consoles during the 5th and 6th generation. Mosty freeware like Cave Story, my first paid one was Gish (it's free nowadays).
The first one that I bought on a console was World of Goo.








