Telltale found the niche and got into through having done many licensing-games and then scored a publishing and funding deal with gametap, they distributed sam & max exclusively to begin with. Without that deal they would've never been able to do it. With what money?, they've been wanting to make psychonauts 2 for quite…
Its a good idea for a new company, but double fine has existed for many years and has made mostly good games. If they ditched publishers earlier they would have gathered a lot of money instead of giving it to a publisher. Most of their games dont actually require a publisher (digital distribution only) so there is no need…