Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Stimutacs Addict on November 28, 2003, 04:48:44 PM
Title: What role do Publishers play?
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on November 28, 2003, 04:48:44 PM
Aside from the obvious answer, what else do they do?
EA and Ubi Soft get all this credit for their great games, but aren't they just publishers? Developers do all the work, it seems.
Title: RE: What role do Publishers play?
Post by: KDR_11k on November 28, 2003, 07:21:19 PM
Paying the dev teams, packaging, marketing, money making.
Title: RE: What role do Publishers play?
Post by: BlkPaladin on November 28, 2003, 08:41:42 PM
Yes they either directly fund, or out hire diffent developers.
Title: RE:What role do Publishers play?
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on November 29, 2003, 05:37:33 AM
so the publisher doesn't really deserve much credit.
Title: RE: What role do Publishers play?
Post by: KDR_11k on November 29, 2003, 05:50:17 AM
Very often Quality Assurance is also a job of the publisher, but not always.
Title: RE:What role do Publishers play?
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 29, 2003, 06:59:57 PM
Quote Very often Quality Assurance is also a job of the publisher, but not always.
Well EA doesnt show that much quality, Eidos has no quality minus timesplitters 2.
Title: RE:What role do Publishers play?
Post by: StrikerObi on November 30, 2003, 06:37:11 AM
Ubi Soft doesn't just publish games. In addition to publishing games made by other developers they also have their own development sutdios. So, they also make games.
