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Is Open Source An Advantage For Game Developers?

Posted by timothy on from the if-they-want-to-be-in-debian-it-is dept.

chas7926 writes "OSNews.com is running an article that claims that the open source development model is not a very effective way to develop high quality games. Even the exceptions are not much of a threat to major label products. Does open source development only make sense for products like web servers and operating systems?"

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  1. work for 20 months, play for 20 hours by ammoQ · · Score: 0, Troll

    The main reason why people work for OSS projects is that they (or the one that pays them) needs the resulting software. Looking at "world class games", most of them mean lots and lots of work for a result that lasts for 20 hours; after that, you are through. Why would anybody want to work for free on such a project? Most successfull OSS games are eighter simple, a challenge to make or funny to play for months or years, which means multiplayer in most cases. While CS is probably not genuine open source, it's a good example of a game the could be made by the community.