Seeing as the corporate video game developers are filthy rich and are pumping out so many crappy games these days, that we would rather not pay for it unless we know it's good.
An independent game developer on the other hand, is generally making his game by himself(in some cases) and puts a lot of time and money into making his game good. And I'm sure that this independent developer could use the money a hell of a lot more than some corporate game developer.
This is a little like buying meat from the local butcher, rather than buying it from Wal-Mart. (I know there are differences, so don't point them out.)
Would've been nice to see him win, but like Max said, Boris deserved that win. He's been giving drivers advice, helping them out and coaching them to make them better for all these years, and it paid off.
You forgot to put my favorite up there, pears. So I just picked my second favorite, plums lol. We have 2 plum trees, and a peach tree, our apples died from too much water in the ground where they were planted... Guess we have to try again next year.