the_dengle on 25 March 2014
| Mr Khan said: That's the key, though. Either you cozy up with major publishers (and if you aren't closely affiliated, they'll drop you quick when things turn sour, like Sega and Platinum), or you've just gone right around the horn again to another major publisher. Capcom becomes Zenimax, Activision becomes EA. |
An independent developer working with a major publisher still has more creative freedom than a studio owned by a major publisher. You used Sega & Platinum as an example, but when Sega dropped them, Platinum just wound up with Nintendo. It seems Capcom wouldn't let them make Bayonetta, so they found a publisher (or two) who would.
Inafune bypassed the publisher problem, and he's been encouraging others to follow in his footsteps.
