fireburn95 on 27 July 2015
When you consider the amount of fees AAA pay vs the low amount of fees indies pay, indies earn a decent salary.
AAA games have major marketing, console manufacture fees, retailer fees, engine license fees, 100's of employees salaries, expensive contractors, large rent to support hundreds of employees.
Indie games usually are small studios, low rent, rely on word of mouth and console manufacture generosity/youtubers for marketing, very few employees and cheap unity fees. Unreal engine isn't used that often with independant games, they can usually get equal or better results out of cheaper engines.
