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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 8038853" data-attributes="member: 3285">At no point in the article did I write the words "you too are likely to make a living in the RPG industry." I said it was possible. I gave examples of people who are doing it.I explained my math on what it takes to get to the $100K on any one of those platforms. It is a long grind of marketing and incremental sales building a brand without a lot of income for years. Build your brand over several years, increase your followers, and by the time you're ready to start a full-time job you MIGHT have a platform that can sustain you, if you keep your expenses low. The article shows what you need to get there. This isn't in any way unique to gaming, it's part of the Internet economy -- all the articles I linked to are models applied to other creative industries like musicians and artists. What I didn't discuss, because it's a personal question for each creative, is the level of debt you're willing to sustain in the meantime. A spouse, kids, other dependents, car and house loans, etc. eat away at the $100K calculation. Frankly it's a young person's game. If you're an older creative jumping into the Internet, it's going to be a lot harder with a lot of debt. I plan to interview folks to dig at exactly how people are able to sustain their business models, so look for follow-up articles if creators are willing to share. So far, nobody wants to (understandably) share the secrets of their success, but I'll keep at it.</blockquote>

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