| stof said: The economy isn't stopping people from buying more games than at any other time in history. However, the economy is effecting game developers for the exact reason stated in this article. Game costs have soared. And the economic troubles started with the banks, which aren't lending as much money now. So game companies dependent on bank loans to fund their game development are finding it harder to get the loans they need, at a time when development costs have sky rocketed. So yes, the economy has hurt developers, because of exactly what this article talks about.
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Im sorry I didn't catch the real meaning of the article at first. I would say that it raises some good points about restructuring needed within the industry in terms of how they make their games. They really do need to take a look at how they make the games, especially in relation to prototyping early designs. They'd probably be better off having 10 groups of 4-5 developers split off to test different game designs and then select from the best one or two rather than going all out at a concept that they have no idea of its worth until well into the development cycle.
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