The following post comes from rec.games.video.classic. It would seem
to me the split between developers and publishers first started with
computer games, but was curious if anyone here could share hard info.
|From: Spiders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| Greetings:
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| I was wondering if anyone could
It might've started with the 2600. Activision started because developers at
Atari wanted more control and recognition for their work. Atari's games
didn't list developer/designer names anywhere on the physical product.
Before Activision, all 2600 games were released by Atari.
NES games had
I don't have a definitive answer for you. It is certainly possible that
some early console manufacturer acted as a publisher at some point.
Obviously Nintendo did, but Magnavox, Fairchild or Atari may have done
it well before it became normal on PCs. (Unlikely though.)
As for the PC, obviously
