happydolphin on 24 January 2012
| HappySqurriel said: From my experience, game developers can make more money doing (just about) any other job they are qualified to do; possibly with substantially more time off and greater benefits. What motivates people to choose game development is that it is more interesting work, but what makes it more interesting is very different for everyone. I know just as many developers who loathe HD game development because they're an anonymous cog with little/no input as those who love HD development, and just as many developers who love doing "impossible" things on "underpowered" hardware as those who love working with the latest and greatest tech ... and yet, outside of switching jobs, none of them have any control over the platform they develop for Outside of a few high profile development studios, what you're producing for which platform is decided by the management of the studio or the publisher who is funding the project. |
But even then, the management decision can be swayed by the desires of its internal teams. Call them internal factors if you like.
