So.... Ubisoft really gon' release three/four games within a week of each other

[Nicklesbe]

lord_of_flood said:

Nicklesbe said:
How much control do they really have over the release dates? I mean these guys are making products after all. it's not like they have alternate revenue streams. They make a game as fast as possible and release it as fast as possible. I think them releasing the games as close to the shopping season as possible is really the best any game developer can really do. Even if it means having a shotgun affect and throwing out many titles at the same time.

They can strategically hold games back if need be. I'm using the Wii U as an example again, but Ubisoft has said that they're holding back a game they finished over 6 months ago until the Wii U sells to more households. Basically, the publisher can dictate what the release date is because they're the ones funding the game's development, whether the release is earlier or later.

That completely misses my point tho. The developers are manufacturers of a product, they don't get that product to market and sell it as soon as possible then they don't make money. They don't make money the harder it is for them to make more product. Then they have to downsize. I understand the logic in holding something back 6 months and if you were say Microsoft with damn near infinite resources and other sources of revenue that would be an option. My point is they are probably not holding the games back because they ow their employees money and they simply can't afford to.