Originally posted by Defiant:

To be *extremely clear*, It would be one thing if they hadn't sold well over 10 million copies. So a small indie developer charges $20 for their game, extremely reasonable, and they sell 10 million copies. They made $200,000,000 dollars off this game. That's one fifth of a billion dollars. Split amongst the five person development team, that's forty million dollars per developer.

And it took them two years to put out meaningful content? I'm sorry if I sound "disrespectful" here. Heaven forbid I expect people who make $40,000,000 releasing an "early access" game to actually finish the game in a reasonable amount of time. Heaven forbid.

Now obviously Steam gets a cut, which I think amounts to 25% - 30%, so to be fair they didn't make 40 million dollars each, they made something closer to thirty million dollars each.

edit; Also the 10 million copies record was last April. It's likely well past that now. So yeah, they probably have made 40 million each.

Coffee Stain made that money. What was eventually trickled down to Irongate is much different. Nor does it go directly to their pockets. They get a normal salary like everyone else and maybe a bonus. Maybe.