I only do PC gaming, no console, and I can add that for PC games, the big companies are competing against hundreds of small (sometimes one-person) game studios who work out of their house crafting a labor of love in their spare time because they have a vision of the game they would like to make. They are working for free, and if the game…
I only do PC gaming, no console, and I can add that for PC games, the big companies are competing against hundreds of small (sometimes one-person) game studios who work out of their house crafting a labor of love in their spare time because they have a vision of the game they would like to make. They are working for free, and if the game hits it big and earns them a few hundred thousand dollars, awesome. It's another thing driving the profitability down if you want to form a big game studio and pay people full time to design and code for you.
I only do PC gaming, no console, and I can add that for PC games, the big companies are competing against hundreds of small (sometimes one-person) game studios who work out of their house crafting a labor of love in their spare time because they have a vision of the game they would like to make. They are working for free, and if the game hits it big and earns them a few hundred thousand dollars, awesome. It's another thing driving the profitability down if you want to form a big game studio and pay people full time to design and code for you.