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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
I don't think one can discount the massive marketing power of a major publisher like Ubi or EA. When Sonalysts decided to publish their own game, Dangerous Waters, as a direct download only (to begin with) the sales were terrible, even though that game was the first and best example of a sub/ship/air naval simulation.
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I'm not discounting their big marketing resources but there are other ways for independents to get good pr without blowing wads on primetime advertisements. However it does not appear that Ubi even used their huge marketing resources for SH5.
But hey, I see im debating this against a tide of defeatism so if folks honestly think that game making is dead unless you are one of the big 4 or 5 publishers, then thats really depressing.
What can i say? :-)