As Ed Boon stated in an interview with Major Nelson, "The first Mortal Kombat game was 4 guys, literally, one programmer, myself (Boon), two graphics guys (Tobias and Vogel), and a sound guy (Forden) was the entire team, literally" in 1991 and 10 years later Entity Award Best Fighting Game 2011 Spike Video Game Awards

Now that's dedication to doing what you love to do & seeing it pay off