Hi Yohandy, Cheaper yes. Affordable no. You have to understand that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have strict licenses for their game consoles that really cost up the butt to get. Any game company that has enough money to do it can, but let's face it blind game developers don't have the kind of money to invest in those SDKs, licenses, platforms, etc because there is a certain expectation that you will be making several thousand dollars on each and every title you release for the console. We don't have that kind of mass distribution, and at most a blind game developer will make somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000 on a good game. Any mainstream developer can and will make at least 10 times that amount. That is why the royalties are high.
On 2/14/11, Yohandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it actually that expensive? There are smaller developers programming for > the platform. Look at PSN games for example. I believe some of those games > were made by only a few people. could developing a smaller game for PSN or > xbox market place be cheaper than making a full-blown disc-based game? --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
