Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/20/12:22:42
At 04:46 AM 1/20/97 GMT, you wrote:
>: So,if I make a game and go to Virgin or EA (if it's good enough :) or
>: whoever they will take 80% and I only 20% ???
>: Shouldn't it be the other way around??
>
>Should be, but it ain't :) It kinda sucks actually, the publishers
>usually make lotsa money and the author doens't get that much. Think
>about this: If your 10% (for example) is $50,000, then the publisher has
>made $450,000. Ouch. :)
>
>--
Hi Jon. How do you know so much about this? Do you work in the industry or
do you make programs or games and sell them commercially? The reason I ask
is that I'm interested in learning to program to make games, etc. I think
this is a big business and I would like to learn how to get into it. I
believe the computer industry is only going to get bigger and bigger and the
more programmers there are out there, professional or bedroom programmers,
the better. Everyone can get a little piece of this pie.
Alan Wilson
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