Cody Bye

Each and every year, hundreds of millions of video games are sold to consumers across the globe. Most of these titles are created for consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360, requiring at least a year to create and often pushing that window to three years (or longer). The average price to create such a product now sits at a cool $20 million. Hundreds of developers toil on these products for thousands of man hours totally immersed in the game that they've created alongside their peers.