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  "text": "Remember that an engineer costs over $100k/year.\nNow look at this chart and count how many games make more than $100k in their first year.\n\n(Per www.matthewball.co/all/stateofv...)\n\nSo I ask again - with what money do you expect devs to pay their bills with, when most games don't break $5k in sales?"
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