‘I just assume someone is being greedy’: Double Fine’s Tim Schafer says he doesn’t know why the industry isn’t recovering
Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer says he doesn’t know why the games industry hasn’t seen a positive change in fortunes for a while, but assumes it’s due to greed. In an interview with the BBC discussing the studio’s departure from Xbox and return to full independence, Schafer was asked whether he felt the economics of games had changed in recent years. He replied that he doesn’t feel he knows how the economics of games work any more, because it used to be cycle of ups and downs and now he hasn’t seen an ‘up’ for a while. Read More...
Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer says he doesn’t know why the games industry hasn’t seen a positive change in fortunes for a while, but assumes it’s due to greed.In an interview with the BBC discussing the studio’s departure from Xbox and return to full independence, Schafer was asked whether he felt the economics of games had changed in recent years.
He replied that he doesn’t feel he knows how the economics of games work any more, because it used to be cycle of ups and downs and now he hasn’t seen an ‘up’ for a while.
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