Comments on: The Economic of Video Games : the royalty question http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/ Bringing Cloud Computing to the Consumer Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: K G http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/comment-page-1/#comment-33 K G Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:37:22 +0000 http://alwaysongames.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/#comment-33 I was pretty annoyed that the GTA star cried about getting only $100k on GTA4. He should have asked for more up front, its not the GTA4 was a surprise hit... This guy did 3-4 episodes on Law and Order over the past 8 years, so starring in GTA4 is a big step up, IMO. I'm sure he'll get a good movie role after this one. Crying the 100k blues will help get him a payoff in his next crappy TV or film role. While this acto I was pretty annoyed that the GTA star cried about getting only $100k on GTA4. He should have asked for more up front, its not the GTA4 was a surprise hit…

This guy did 3-4 episodes on Law and Order over the past 8 years, so starring in GTA4 is a big step up, IMO. I’m sure he’ll get a good movie role after this one. Crying the 100k blues will help get him a payoff in his next crappy TV or film role.

While this acto

]]> By: Lida http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Lida Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:38:32 +0000 http://alwaysongames.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/#comment-32 @landman: A SEGA fan huh? Comparing first party developers who obviously have financial security vs small studios hoping to make it big is the classic reward vs risk scenario. They probably got paid pretty well for their efforts. @landman: A SEGA fan huh? Comparing first party developers who obviously have financial security vs small studios hoping to make it big is the classic reward vs risk scenario.

They probably got paid pretty well for their efforts.

]]> By: landman http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/comment-page-1/#comment-30 landman Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:32:17 +0000 http://alwaysongames.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/#comment-30 Now I know why Yuji Naka and Yu Suzuki have Ferraris, old times always were better? lol Now I know why Yuji Naka and Yu Suzuki have Ferraris, old times always were better? lol

]]> By: Lida http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Lida Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:10:52 +0000 http://alwaysongames.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/#comment-27 Drake: thanks for commenting. It is a very debatable issue, but there are a lot of shadiness in the industry regarding bonuses which shouldn't be tolerated. Thankfully, a lot of bigger companies now have a legitimate bonus plan in place, since attracting and retaining good developers are getting harder. Drake: thanks for commenting. It is a very debatable issue, but there are a lot of shadiness in the industry regarding bonuses which shouldn’t be tolerated.

Thankfully, a lot of bigger companies now have a legitimate bonus plan in place, since attracting and retaining good developers are getting harder.

]]> By: Drake http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Drake Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:58:09 +0000 http://alwaysongames.com/blog/2008/05/23/the-econometic-of-video-games-the-royalty-question/#comment-26 Very interesting blog, so I'm gonna add support by commenting! I agree with you that if anyone got royalties it should be the developers. On the other hand, as you said, publishers pay for a lot of what goes into making a game. I guess it's a debatable issue. Keep writing! Very interesting blog, so I’m gonna add support by commenting! I agree with you that if anyone got royalties it should be the developers. On the other hand, as you said, publishers pay for a lot of what goes into making a game. I guess it’s a debatable issue. Keep writing!

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