[casual_games] the content problem from a casual game perspective.

[Robert Headley]

I wonder if things like the Salary survey are helping to inflate salaries?
Also, I think the market is getting saturated with "talent" or rather people
who went to school and got a "game degree" and think they are qualified.

I think it worked much better when people got into the industry by proving
their metal with independent games and mods. Now everyone can pay tuition
and feel like they deserve a job.

On 9/18/07, Lennard <Lennard at rustyaxe.com> wrote:

>

> There is enough money in this sector that I don't know why large

> companies won't spend money as a way to erect barriers to entry in

> popular genres.  There isn't a thing that can be done to stop it.  In

> big sports the leagues have come up with complicated cap schemes because

> things escalate out of control.  In free market business this is

> illegal, I really see no way to stop it.

>

> Lionel Barret De Nazaris wrote:

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I am just wondering if there is any specific view on the content problem

> > (i.e the inflating price of content) in the casual game market.

> >

> > The hardcore/next-gen went the way of more detail and (much) more money

> > in a quite frontal way. So far, the casual games had less content (2d

> > helps a lot) but also less budget. So basically the constraints are the

> > same but at a smaller scale.

> > Still, the line between "casual" and "not casual" is blurring more and

> > more.

> >

> > As far as I know it, there are 3 ways to manage  content : outsource,

> > in-house or tech/middleware (disclosure : I am in the tech camp).

> > But I am just wondering what are your opinion, position even future

> > strategy about this thorny topic.

> >

> >

>

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