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They do? Can you name some examples?
by jacalata 9y ago
They do? Can you name some examples?
- fpoling 9y agoThe very beginning of [1] in the introduction of the speaker gives game titles. [1] - https://youtu.be/rX0ItVEVjHc https://youtu.be/rX0ItVEVjHc
- jacalata 9y agoSorry, I tend not to read hn in places I can watch a video. Maybe I'll remember to check it later.
- pandaman 9y agoInsomniac has two studios, one in Burbank, another is in Raleigh. It also does multiple projects at once in the Burbank so no, they are not delivering two console games a year. In fact, since 1996 they've done it only in 4 years (with the second game being a R&C game, which is more of a game design than a programming project) just as many years as they have not released a single game. Each of their big games is 2 years+, just like any other AAA studio. They start pre-production on the next project in the middle of the current one, just like any other AAA studio. 6-8 months in the console games nowadays is either a port (porting a game from one platform to another) or some horrible shovelware you find in the happy meals. In 6th generation a AAA game could be 12-18 months and if you worked really hard you could do something like Rogue Leader in 9. But 6 months is something from the 8 bit era, before Insomniac's times.