Why does 1C take so long with their games?!

[Stublerone]

Simple answer to topic: Not enough manpower. If a new game is developed from a big player, e.g. Blizzard, there will be around 200 persons working on it. Another 50 persons for marketing, controlling, comunity work...

Such a game costs millions of bucks and they are more and more reaching the production cost of big blockbuster movies.

Another dimension, I think! Do not know, how much people are involved in clod or bom, but I would giess 20 overall! or something like that. You must think of the fact, that clod sells only a few thousand copies all over the world and some short time ago, only around 100 people worldwide were playing online. So, how to make money with such an estimation.... That is, why I have much respect for small producers and what they are able to produce with such limited capacities. They are really living a hard life!

[raaaid]

judging by the online players numbers cod sold more than any racing sim i know, far more

[Damixu]

Originally Posted by Stublerone

Simple answer to topic: Not enough manpower. If a new game is developed from a big player, e.g. Blizzard, there will be around 200 persons working on it. Another 50 persons for marketing, controlling, comunity work...

Such a game costs millions of bucks and they are more and more reaching the production cost of big blockbuster movies.

Another dimension, I think! Do not know, how much people are involved in clod or bom, but I would giess 20 overall! or something like that. You must think of the fact, that clod sells only a few thousand copies all over the world and some short time ago, only around 100 people worldwide were playing online. So, how to make money with such an estimation.... That is, why I have much respect for small producers and what they are able to produce with such limited capacities. They are really living a hard life!

In complex software development you can't raise the productivity by alloacting more people to the work. You need to have couple of suberb key talents in place and other software developers might do some chores on them to distribute the minor work load.

Maybe some key talents are missing on this project, I don't know...

[Stublerone]

I did not want to mention the factor about talents and skill. I do not judge, because I can't But I have an opinion.... enough said

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by Stublerone

I did not want to mention the factor about talents and skill. I do not judge, because I can't But I have an opinion.... enough said

I would say that a good developer must be a dedicated flight sim fan and have a vision for the game. A good game developer listens closely to his most dedicated fans and asks them for inputs and also tells his plans and keeps them intrested by feeding them with small teasers of things being worked on.
Most important is to have an open mind and take inputs from dedicated flightsimmers and really show that you listen and care and not only have your own agenda not caring what others think.... Thats how you lose customers..

[Stublerone]

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