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Back in the 80s the bar to create and publish a game was incredibly high. That market is nothing like todays.
by abootstrapper 9y ago
Back in the 80s the bar to create and publish a game was incredibly high. That market is nothing like todays.
- ekianjo 9y agoYes and no. Back in the 80s you could do a game on your own, from scratch, and it was not completely awful there was a good chance you could get a publisher - if that were not the case how would so many crappy titles find their way to the market back then? Sim City was one person's game. Another World was basically the work of Eric Chahi. And examples like that abound - leading to major commercial success. In 2017, sure, there are still folks doing games mostly alone, but it's rather small teams than anything else, even for indies. It's easier to publish things nowadays, but there's way more competition too. > That market is nothing like todays. Of course it's not. That was not the point of my comment at all.