Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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[-] Peffse@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I wish we had more small publishers. It's so rare to go into a store now and see a $20-$40 title from some rando. Cheap enough that I can go "Oh, that's interesting looking I'll grab it". Limited Run is great and all, but there's no magic when you pre-order something 8 months out.

[-] MurrayL@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The return on indie games (if there even is a return) is already vanishingly small for 99% of releases - printing and distributing physical copies would just be pouring even more money down the drain.

[-] Peffse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no doubt. It's a shame too. We saw the death of the mid-level developer long ago.

When I go to cons I try to buy any smaller self-published titles I see, but wish the market could support smaller devs while remaining consumer-friendly with a "coop" publisher. An entity that can eat a loss while still finding gems that would be lost to time if stuck on a digital store.

That isn't to say that smaller titles are dead. Currently I look out for stuff published by Soedesco, GS2 Games, Team17, Microids, EastAsiaSoft, etc etc.