The Game Developers Conference kicks off Monday with a week-long series of events in San Francisco.
As the AP noted, many of the sessions highlight how developers can get by in hard times. Titles include Business in a Red Ocean: Surviving the Squeeze, Stability in Stormy Weather, and Raising Capital in a Recession.
One of the things that should have happened, which didn't, was a larger presence for Apple. With more than 6,800 games on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple has the fastest-growing game platform in the industry. But so far, it hasn't staged the kind of events that other big platform owners have.
By contrast, Sony is having a big part for game developers on Wednesday night. But Microsoft and Nintendo, perhaps in recognition of big industry layoffs and the recession, aren't holding big parties.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
"By contrast, Sony is having a big part for game developers on Wednesday night. But Microsoft and Nintendo, perhaps in recognition of big industry layoffs and the recession, aren’t holding big parties." guess no mega bombs for ms or Nintendo at gdc then?
The name says it already, Game developers conference.
This show isnt aimed at gamers, its aimed at developers, why does everybody expect so much from gdc ?
At most we get to see some screenies of new engines.
does Sony have a keynote on wednesday like in 06 for Home and LBP??
also i never thought about apple going to GDC and other shows like E3, they should start going to these.
they will be more expensive then ps3....
but on the other hand, uh oh sony,xbox,nintendo.
this will be sony's next rival.
Wasn't it earlier last year?