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From: phsjs@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Stephen J Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Game writing
Summary: Is it worth it???
Keywords: Money
Message-ID: <1991Jun30.230506.8699@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 30 Jun 91 23:05:06 GMT
Organization: James Cook University
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G'day

A friend and I were curious as to the current game writing market.
Does anyone know what the number of sales for an average selling Amiga
game would be? What is the 'normal' royalty/payout for these games?

What would be the lowest/highest sales for a single game??
I think that the risk would be higher for the publishing company than
for the author because of all the marketing and production costs,
although if the author doesn't have a job and is writing on the sole
purpose of writing *AND* selling the game, than he/she is also at risk.

Any comments??

Seeya
Steve. (TRON/AUSTEX)


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Stephen J. Smith		phsjs@marlin.jcu.edu.au
Physics Department		Austex Software