the economy is to blame so far as it trashed many managers' plans who were wearing the rose tinted glasses, who never thought hard times could hit. Like one former employer who got all revenue in USD - OMG USD TANKING! PANIC! About outsourcing - we're getting more and more. Lots of TV series, like stuff from the man with…
outsourcing and too many eggs in one basket. Not to mention shitty ideas. That's why the mobile game market is booming, they aren't afraid to do new things.
yup - although we try to work with free tools whenever possible and save cash wherever possible. Hence bamboos and no cintiqs. We don't have a tiki bar either :( I think with a studio with 1000 people and many top publishers it would be difficult to stay off Adobe's or Autiodesk's radar, even in China ;) Plus we pay for…
I've managed a lot of outsource production. Takes way more time and you have far less artistic and technical control over the results compared to having the artist sitting next to you in the same room. Your recipe would just sink everything even deeper with longer production schedules and more wasted work costing a lot…
It's worked demonstrably for indie and mod projects, and I honestly don't see, in an objective sense, why it couldn't for a more significant project. It is now pretty standard for work to be outsourced and contracted in many different and disparate ways, and that trend will become increasingly relevant as the world gets…