Random doujin fighter: costs 20 dollars to make because they do all the stuff with low rent Filipinos and Chinese migrant workers living in Japan. Pure profit after like 1000 sales.
Skullgirls: Most shilled indie fighter in history, but Mike Z said they were in the hole for 5 years, had to do an indiegogo just to make a character. Only became profitable once they made a mobile game that had nothing to do with the FGC.
made me think