Great article: "We need better video game publishers" (Developer vs Publishers. Game vs Film)

[JoeTheBro]

noname2200 said:

Kresnik said:

I found David Jaffe's response to the article a whole lot more interesting than the thing itself:

It's a strange world where Jaffe is more on the ball than others, but yes. Although he's not exactly completely on-point either: this myth that the developers' bargaining power is even remotely equal to the publishers', and thus that fair terms are negotiable, is mere fantasy, and his brushing that off with "well, be better" strikes me as reductionist at best.

Still, the underlying points are largely true. And most developers really aren't worth as much as they think.

I love Jaffe. He's always there to say the cold hard truth. Plus he made Kratos, praise be to him.