On The Verge of A Gaming Crash? Without Nintendo....

[Squilliam]

Ail said:

Squilliam said:

Ail said:

Kasz216 said:

Squilliam said:

$100,000 per developer per year is the current complete cost per developer including much of the on site overhead, excluding advertising.

Based on...?  Seems rather cheap.

 

That sounds about right.

Costs per developers are around 150k/year at my company but we don't work in gaming and developers make a lot more than a developer at a gaming company would make ( and I believe our benefits are better too).

 

Yep! Game developers are in it for the love and not the money!

 

That's not the only reason.

Pretty much every developer in my company has a PhD in Maths, engineering or Physics...

That's hardly the case at gaming companies.

Average age of a developer here is probably around 38-40 too, it is a lot lower at gaming companies, hence much lower salaries...

 

Also I take it you get to leave work on time, and if you want to you could have a wife and child unlike most game developers who are forced to work up to 100 hour weeks at times. Its practically like being away at sea, only the theoretical possibility that you could see your family makes it hurt even more.