inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 hours agoPalworld developer 'blown away' by the response to its new publishing arm, which has received 150 game pitches just one week after openingwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkPalworld developer 'blown away' by the response to its new publishing arm, which has received 150 game pitches just one week after openingwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
Maybe I’m old but every time a developer becomes a publisher, it’s the beginning of the enshitification process.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeyslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·12 hours agoEssentially, you help fund the development of the game for a cut of the profits later. Not a lot of studios are able to fund themselves between games. Granted, a lot of that is because they are sharing profits with a developer .
minus-squareLostWon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 hours agoThey’re like the record labels of gaming.
Essentially, you help fund the development of the game for a cut of the profits later. Not a lot of studios are able to fund themselves between games. Granted, a lot of that is because they are sharing profits with a developer .
They’re like the record labels of gaming.