Indie Game Devs Should Give Up

Red Herring is covering an indie game panel held this week at E3, at which Warren Spector essentially told independent game developers to just give up now. From the article: "Fellow panelists echoed Mr. Spector's sentiments, telling a room full of game company representatives, industry consultants, and members of the media that the path to entering the $7-billion market is fraught with more pitfalls than Tomb Raider. While opportunities do exist, small companies and startups find it difficult to secure funding and distribution for their work. They often have to deal with past projects that pigeonhole them and potentially hamper future expansion."

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Warren Spector

[Threni]

I notice all the games he's been involved with suck. Perhaps he should get back to "producing" something else, and let games designers and coders do whatever they feel like doing. The new, groundbreaking games of the future certainly aren't going to come from some twat with a beard and a suit.

At least, that's my perception. You may have enjoyed the Wing Commander series of games.

Re:Stay small and build up

[Who235]

Since when do the Viet Cong fund game development?