"Bringing Left 4 Dead into your marketing mix also brings in the expectations of Left 4 Dead, thus opening yourself up to a lot more criticism." -Adam Sessle...
Valve is a proof that a horizontally organized video game company where the workers have independence to pursue their own projects works even though its basically Gaben's personal corporate fiefdom.
Valve only exists because it got lucky with Steam before needing to bring on investors, so it's been insulated from market forces by a big ass money printer. I want to believe that their model could work for any dev studio, but I honestly doubt it.
Valve is a proof that a horizontally organized video game company where the workers have independence to pursue their own projects works even though its basically Gaben's personal corporate fiefdom.
Valve only exists because it got lucky with Steam before needing to bring on investors, so it's been insulated from market forces by a big ass money printer. I want to believe that their model could work for any dev studio, but I honestly doubt it.