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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:01:29 -0800
To: jonklipp AT freenet DOT edmonton DOT ab DOT ca ()
From: Alan Wilson <alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com>
Subject: Re: Publishing a game
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

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