[Ironhawk]

I make games for a living and I'm also working on one of my own at the moment. IMO, the biggest hurdle is, as others have said, that making a game is not fun. Don't get me wrong, its rewarding - definitely so! But to make a game takes serious discipline and hard work. Both of those qualities are in short supply when you consider that all this must be done in someone's free time that they might otherwise be filling with wine, women, and song.