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OffTopic > GBA Game Price Tag

#4670 - regularkid - Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:19 pm

Anyone know how much publishers are paying for the average GBA title currently? Obviously some titles will be more than other, but just in genereal, does anyone know? Just curious. Thanks.
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#4704 - Saj - Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:25 am

I don't think a publisher will pay you a one-off lump sum.
Initially, this may seem like a better deal to them but they will probably need your talents (through vigorous game-testing & market-testing) to ensure that you provide a product that is commercially viable.

They may try to sign you as a job as a senior/lead programmer, game designer, etc (but this may get complicated if you are part of a team)or it may involve a 'deal' with royalties (per copies sold) and other benefits (it may be similar to a book or music publishing deal) but each product is treated completely different (depending on market-value, release date, genre, format, company size, etc) so it'd be hard to hazard a guess.
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