Steam and other digital storefronts should only allow professional developers to sell games

[EvilCleric]

@splattenburgers

Then why not just safe up during the development process? Saving up a few grand over 10 years isn’t hard.

If we’re going that way, then why not $100k? If you have a team of 10 people over 10 years, then it’s just 1k / year / person. How hard can that be, right?

@splattenburgers

No, it’s a very reasonable one. I don’t understand why there is so much denial about the fact that game development is expensive. I mean sure, past a certain point more money doesn’t automatically mean better games.

No. Game development is not expensive. It can be expensive. But it can also be inexpensive. Depends on the game.
Let’s see how much it costs for a skilled hobbyist dev: computer + steam fee + time = $1000 + $100 + 0 = $1100. Not so expensive, after all.

@splattenburgers

But indie devs will never ever ever ever ever ever reach that point.

Why even bother then? Ok guys, you heard him, turn off your computers and get a real paying job.

@splattenburgers

Not sure what your point is. Even games like Battlefront 2 are of order of magnitude higher quality than anything most indie devs are putting out. And it doesn’t matter how talented you are if you don’t have enough time to develop your game, and the only way to get that time is by working on it full time. This cannot be done without paying yourself a wage or being paid by someone else, and that costs money.

What indie dev wants to develop a game like BF2? Everyone. But, only those delusional “mmorpg type of guys” that never developed a game and have no skill are trying to make the next CoD or BF.

Now, Mr. splattenburgers, are you for any chance a pro game dev?