DC does not bring in $2 million per year. Per data collected by Graphtreon, based upon past performance of average subscription amount per paid subscriber, DC has never made even $1 million per year from Patreon subscribers - his single best month was about $80,000.
Over the past year, he has hovered around $60-70,000 per month. That's still about $800,000 or so this past year - a hell of a lot of money. It is also one of the most successful adult video games of the past two decades - "finished" or not.
I have no clue what non-studio developers make - but
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average figures for those who live in the United States. DC also contracts several other people to work along side him. Does that mean they all make what is found on that web page? highly doubtful. I am not denying the thrust of your post - I am simply making sure that there is a better understanding of the data.