What is the average an indie game needs to sell to be profitable?

[Goodnightmoon]

Mr Puggsly said:
I'm sure it varies greatly, but I imagine a lot of Wii U ports can be profitable with 1000 units sold.

Quite honestly though, many of those games on the eShop look like iOS and Android marketplace junk. Bigger budget indie games are generally skipping Wii U.

- Shovel Knight
- The binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Shantae and the Pirate´s Curse
- Oddworld: New and Tasty
- Kerbal Space Program
- Runbow
- Affordable Space Adventures
- The Swapper
- Guacamelee
- Little Inferno
- Don´t Starve
- Yokay-laylee
- Mighty No.9
- Bloodstained
- Super Meat Boy 
- Year Walk
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Fast Racing Neo
etc etc

WiiU is actually having most of the most relevant indie games on the console market, even some of them are exclusives or were launched on WiiU first, and Fast Racing Neo is actually one of the most ambitious indie games I´ve seen.