marc on 12 June 2007
| vizunary said: I think you are confusing developer and publisher.... It's like saying that ALL artist's would rather design Coca-Cola commercials than their craft of choice b/c they pay more. Some choose this route while many do not. Then again if you're talking about whores like EA, your exactly right. |
The thing is however, artists are nothing like developers. Artists mostly work alone on their own time when ever they feel like it. In some situations they have to follow schedules and such but those guys arent really artists anymore but more like producers as you noted. Also, commercials dont make a good analogy agaisnt video games. I think I understand what you are trying to say, but there really is no difference who you work for if you are in the commercial making business because they are not limited by platforms thus whatever you make will be broadcast in the same way to everyone. Now... if we had 3 types of TVs and most house holds only had 1 of the 3 then we could make a good analogy. Which network would you rather produce for? Obviously the one that makes the most money, because at the end of the day you need to pay the 100 workers in your office and their lives should come before your own artistic ambition (when it comes to big business at least where you are gambling with a lot of money). Anyways, nothing wrong with trying to make a graphically superior game. My only gripe is that devs are creating a lot of garbage that just looks good. I would much rather they spent their time on gameplay and leave out the high quality graphics something that can be accomplished on any of the above systems.
