| yushire said: Do you know why Blizzard, Valve and Id are still making money even their games are almost 10 years old and why most PC publishers and developers are changing to consoles? THATS RIGHT... UGC. |
Err.. Mods?
| yushire said: THATS RIGHT... UGC. |
Uh.. no, I'm pretty sure that the correct answer is mods.
As Malstrom said:
"With games like Unreal Tournament and Quake, the mods are almost at the same level as a new game. Since many PC games use FPS engines as a base, these mod makers are extremely close to being full fledged game developers. They are performing similar work.
Modding isn’t user generated content. The entire premise of user generated content is so people who do not know how to program can make their own games. Very, very few people know how to program and have time to do so. PC gamers tend to have some of these types who will do so. Console games? No way. And consoles tend to be a closed environment which limits things even further."...
...There is arrogance among game developers that everyone wants to be a game developer. This is not so. If people wanted to become game developers, they would be learning programming and art design and making games they can sell and market onto the PC. This is why those who are attracted to being a game developer will find no interest in a ‘user generated game’.
