Re: [GD-General] Prices of well-known 3D engines

[Javier A. <ja...@py...>]

Toni wrote:

> Obviously publishers won't gave the same ammount of money to develop a
> game in spain as int USA... at least i don't think you can fool them
> that way :)
> So perhaps we will get a 1/15 fraction of the ammount of money you
> (USA) can get from a publisher...
> I don't know it for sure, as i don't work on games directly


Developing games in Spain has advantages and disadvantages:

 - Lower total cost for salaries (furnishing / equipment is probably
similar).
 - Very direct and close contact with local press.
 - Less competitors hiring potential candidates or grabbing your own people.
 - Impossible to compete with offers from US/UK job opportunities.
 - Little software product development overall, people who want to do it
have less options.
 - Less candidates, and less experienced ones (designers & producers in
particular).
 - Public perception of pursuing a videogames career is *even* worse than in
other places.
 - Less opportunities to leverage game skills in another job makes the
career less safe.
 - "National" tastes, cultural quirks, and licenses are not viable in the
global market.
 - Longer distance to big guys (publishers) and events. Process is perceived
by them as potentially more cumbersome.
 - Insufficient (and piracy-ridden) local market, it's tough for new studios
to start small and grow from there.
 - Knowledge and practice with the English language is still very scarce.

That probably covers 90% of the issues.

  Javier Arevalo
  Pyro Studios