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> Many developers would be happy if their game pulled down $10K. That seems unlikely.
by Eridrus 12y ago
> Many developers would be happy if their game pulled down $10K.
That seems unlikely.
- kevingadd 12y agoYeah, it's blatantly false. $10k these days is barely enough to fund a few months of development for one person. If you're just building it for fun and you're taking donations, $10k is a lot, but it's not going to fund a game with any level of polish or seriousness unless it's just some sort of bejeweled or triple town clone.
- astrodust 12y agoNot every developer is trying to make a million dollar hit. Many have jobs that make pursuing games as a full-time thing impractical. Game jams like Ludum Dare (http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/) show that there are a lot of people making games. What I mean is there are some developers where if they make any money at all, it's a bonus. They're not in it for the money, and they're not doing it as a business. For every developer that's serious and financially committed to making games there has to be at least a hundred that are far more casual.