CONFIRMED: Airtight games, developer of Murdered: Soul Suspect, collapses

[Scisca]

zarx said:

Scisca said:
Quinton, I don't think you know how this business works. Or any business for that matter. Just learn this - the gaming industry is like any other, if you fail to make good products, you most likely go bust. It's true in every branch of industry, it was happening in the past in this industry as well (remember the giant Westwood?), so there is no reason to overreact. Smart developers that make good products and keep a firm grip on their budgets flourish like never before - just look at CD Projekt RED. Developers who don't - go bust.

I am not sure CD Projekt are the best example, as much as I bloody love them. For one they live in one of the cheapest parts of Euroupe which lowers costs hugely. Two they almost went banckrupt several times well developing the first two The Witcher games, only having revenue from their localisation and distrobution busness saved them. They also had to work like this

"CD Projekt Red dug deep. "For half-a-year we were working 12-hour days every day, all weekends, all the time," remembers lead character artist Paweł Mielniczuk. And Adam Badowski was sleeping under his desk. "Really! For three days, in the same clothes. Stinky times," he chuckles."

Which has it's own problems

Living in a cheaper part of Europe isn't only pros though, it has its cons. It's much, much harder for us to get capital - which is why they had their struggles. $15 mil is much less of a deal for you than it is for us. It can only be considered going the easy way, when it's a Western company (with Western funding) setting up an office here, but not when it's a company from here.

Or just maybe Western companies should just move to cheaper locations? Just maybe gaming companies shouldn't be located in LA, Las Vegas, Miami, Washington, Redmond, etc., but should be in cheaper places. I'm not only talking about Central Europe (though it's a great place to move your business! Do it! ), but even places like Minnesota, Dakotas, etc. (don't really know the cheapest places in USA). Just maybe this business isn't viable in the most expensive areas of the world?