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Words Of Wisdom said:
HappySqurriel said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
superchunk said:
Well that was stupid of them. Instead of making a great game that is slightly not what your dream game is, just quit. ... during a recession, when every job is being attacked by 40+ people; many of which have years of experience.

Unless they make their own studio.

New studios are lucky if they can produce a demo of a game that is good enough to get support from a publisher to turn it into a Nintendo DS game ... After several years of hard work and developing a track record of success the new developer might be able to get enough funding from a third party publisher to make a Wii game.

Basically, only the developers who have demonstrated an ability to produce a game on time and budget that easily made a profit on the previous generation hardware (or PC) are given the opportunity to develop HD games because you can't risk $20+ Million on an unknown developer.

We live in an era where 1-2 people can make a game by themselves and become filthy rich via online markets such as XBLA, PSN, WiiWare, and iPhone App Store.

Skilled developers aren't as limited as they were in the past.

That's true, but you can't make a game that takes advantage of the processing power of the HD consoles in a meaningful way without a massive budget; and if the people were really leaving EA because they felt limited by the Wii they really have no ability to produce their own company that would satisfy them.