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Most small developers are simply not in a position to risk thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars on a project that might not sell ...Read the full article
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Sean Kelly from Nova Scotia, Canada writes: Videogames are the new Hollywood, unfortunately - I agree with this article. We won't see indie publishers thrive until we're better able to pirate video games. Until then, it's the EA/UBI cartel and games with nine sequels.
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Gabriel Stefan from Canada writes: I disagree, Portal was innovative and new and came from a small group of individuals that had an idea and were given funding by Valve. The was extremely successful and actually was GFWs magazine game of the year.
I also think with online distribution really coming to the forefront small indie companies will have a much greater ability to get their games out there.
As for the idiot above me pirating hurts Indie companies a lot more then it hurts major companies. And it just destroys PC Gaming in general. Don't be a retard and pirate.- Posted 13/02/08 at 7:25 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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