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One person made the best train sim. Meanwhile AAA studios need 400 people to make the same game twice.
by zftnb666 3mo ago
One person made the best train sim. Meanwhile AAA studios need 400 people to make the same game twice.
- KellyCriterion 3mo agoincluding patches to make "it stable", and do not forget DLC additional updates!
- faizshah 3mo agoI think Elder Scrolls Oblivion was like 80 person core team and 4 years of development and New Vegas was like 70 person dev team and 2 years of development. But starfield, which was widely criticized by fans, was over 100 people and 8 years development. With the most common criticism from former devs being about the additional management structure and difficulty of communication. I can’t help but feel there is a lesson there for tech companies where engineering orgs for products are 200+ people when a 20-30 person startup is your top competitor in the vertical.
- samspot 3mo agoYou can also reduce team size by employing insane, life-destroying crunch time.