The CEO of a U.K.-based game development company lashed out at the high costs of next-generation game development publishing at a trade conference last week, Gamesindustry.biz reported.
Speaking at the Northern Exposure conference, Blast Entertainment CEO Sean Brennan said the multi-million dollar endeavors are unsustainable and not viable.
Brennan said, "What a joke. What embarrassment. There's no way on a USD 20 million development project that you can break even on a game - not now in the cycle."
The CEO complained that costs in the range of $15 to 20 million prevents developers from breaking even, because console penetration is still low.
He also said American publishers have become more "insular" since 9/11 and are reluctant to trust their work to overseas staff.
Blast Entertainment describes itself as "the leading video game company aimed exclusively at the younger children's market." It has produced PlayStation 2 titles such as The Flinstones and Charlotte's Web.
Extra Punctuation
MovieBob: Intermission
Experienced Points
First Person
Exploding Barrels
Miracle of Sound: Encore
Loading Time
Special Attack
Backchat
Drinking Games
Escape to the Movies
Escapecraft
Escapist News Wrap - Premium
Escapist Podcast
Feed Dump
GinxTV
Jimquisition
LoadingReadyRun
Mahalo
Meatbag and Co
Media Sandwich
Miracle of Sound
No Right Answer
Pro-Gamer Gauntlet
Reviews
Space Janitors
Tales from the Table
The Big Picture
The Escapist Presents
The Retro Show
Trailers
Unskippable
Zero Punctuation
Max Payne 3 Review
Company of Heroes 2
XCOM Enemy Unknown
Black Ops 2
Diablo 3 Review
TERA Review
Firefall Beta Preview
Starhawk Review
Critical Miss
Name Game
Blast CEO Bemoans High Development Costs
The CEO of a U.K.-based game development company lashed out at the high costs of next-generation game development publishing at a trade conference last week, Gamesindustry.biz reported.
Speaking at the Northern Exposure conference, Blast Entertainment CEO Sean Brennan said the multi-million dollar endeavors are unsustainable and not viable.
Brennan said, "What a joke. What embarrassment. There's no way on a USD 20 million development project that you can break even on a game - not now in the cycle."
The CEO complained that costs in the range of $15 to 20 million prevents developers from breaking even, because console penetration is still low.
He also said American publishers have become more "insular" since 9/11 and are reluctant to trust their work to overseas staff.
Blast Entertainment describes itself as "the leading video game company aimed exclusively at the younger children's market." It has produced PlayStation 2 titles such as The Flinstones and Charlotte's Web.
Permalink