Words Of Wisdom on 30 June 2009
| Gamerace said: There is certainly something to consider here. The benefit with HD games is if they do well you get an immediate return on investment but for most games, they quickly nosedive off the charts after that. If the game doesn't do so well, well... your f---ed. Time to start begging someone to bankroll your next game or face bankrupcy if your a small developer and even the big boys often end up laying off staff to reduce the impact of a misfire. Wii games on the other hand, may take longer to reimburse your initial investment but then they keep on giving and giving for a long time. That's golden as development of games can take 1-2 years so if a developer can create a series of games that have staying power, they can have a nice monthly paycheck - inbetween game launches - that they can almost bank on instead of one big payout and then nothing for another 3-5 yrs like with HD development. Also really reduces the impact of the odd misfire. To be fair games like GTA4, CoD4&5, Halo3, Oblivion all have great staying power and the same is true for HD system but harder to achieve. |
This is one of the reasons that developing for an HD system is attractive.
You get the return on your investment immediately. If you're a small developer with low or otherwise no cashflows then you want to recoup as much of your investment as fast as possible. The difference between getting your money back now or later could decide whether or not you make payroll.
