The publishers acquire funding this same way. Sony, 2K, and Bandai Namco have all operated as the publishers for their games, and they’re all publicly traded companies. They pay the upfront cost for development that both partners in that deal wish to make a return on, and right now, the publishers or other investors (which may still exist regardless of a publisher deal) are scared of throwing money at lots of game pitches these days.
What I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.
The publishers acquire funding this same way. Sony, 2K, and Bandai Namco have all operated as the publishers for their games, and they’re all publicly traded companies. They pay the upfront cost for development that both partners in that deal wish to make a return on, and right now, the publishers or other investors (which may still exist regardless of a publisher deal) are scared of throwing money at lots of game pitches these days.
Public companies don’t take private investment without issuing new shares. Which is not a common thing.
If you think publicly traded companies are taking investment like privately traded companies then I think you are likely somewhat uninformed.
What I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.