Nemeski to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 22 days agoBaldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to makewww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down114cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
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minus-square@themoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish6•21 days agoI think there are some exceptions. Like Kitfox publishing Dwarf Fortress. Taking weird little indies and giving them an art / usability budget to become more accessible and, in turn, make the OG devs a bunch of money. Nobody loses.
minus-square@BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•21 days agoAs much as I hate Epic, they gave Remedy a lot of money through the publishing deal like likely made Alan Wake 2 possible.
minus-square@Daxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoThey provide upfront funding and marketing to projects that otherwise wouldn’t be viable
Publishers are kinda useless tbh.
I think there are some exceptions. Like Kitfox publishing Dwarf Fortress. Taking weird little indies and giving them an art / usability budget to become more accessible and, in turn, make the OG devs a bunch of money. Nobody loses.
As much as I hate Epic, they gave Remedy a lot of money through the publishing deal like likely made Alan Wake 2 possible.
They provide upfront funding and marketing to projects that otherwise wouldn’t be viable