[casual_games] RE: Business models

[Allen Varney]

Brent Lowrie wrote:
  (((This is the unknown that most new developers fear and having access to 
this sort of information would help more new developers break out of indie 
development and into commercial deals.)))
  "Break out of indie development"? This makes indie gaming sound like a 
second-string, minor-league affair. I argue indie game developers are in a 
far better situation, both economically and culturally, than the 
increasingly beleaguered developer of retail computer games.
 For a discussion of the benighted state of retail game development, see 
Greg Costikyan's article in the current issue of The Escapist magazine:
  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/8/3
  And to see why I think casual-game designers are far better off in the 
long run, see my article "Casual Fortunes" in the same issue:
  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/8/14
 -- Allen Varney
www.allenvarney.com <http://www.allenvarney.com/>
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