For decades, there was one really successful financial model for making big, profitable games: a publisher providing project funding to a developer in exchange for a large share of any eventual profits. It's a model that's seen its share of disruptions in recent years, with direct game downloads and free-to-play, micro-transaction fueled games ofte […]
Like other entertainment sectors, video games rely more and more on digital revenue as retail sales continue to decline, but publishers face plenty of fresh challenges in the rapidly changing industry. […]