Obviously you don't work in the industry in any way. I work for a small yet well known game company that has a pretty good track record so I know the industry a bit, and its not something you can just ease into. Now a days, you have to have a big budget to be able to make anything that competes with games the big publishers are putting out because making games is probably one of the most difficult and expensive areas in software development. And self publishing? There's a little more to it than just putting an executable up for download on a website...things like marketing to try to get people to buy your game and customer support and distribution... All of those things mean more and more expense.