Game Insider #28: April '09 Newsletter

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Eliza Creststeel

The sad truth is - for those who came in from the beginning witnessed this game go through its birth pangs at its initial release, then the long drought (Was the budget or number of staff was severly cut?) with the assumption they had to merely maintain status quo or just limp along.

The Disney games POTCO and Toontown have always had small staffs. It took them three years to make the game and then release it. If it took them three years to just make the game I can see why it's taking them so long.

Don't blame the devs for the shortage of staff members, though. The shortage is to save money. If the game had about thirty people working that'd mean a lot more money the game would have to make so the devs could get their money.
Their average pay, from what I believe after searching the net, is about 200 to 250 thousand dollars a year. The gaming industry is really speeding up.

I still think they should have put five years into the game instead of three. If they wouldn't have released the game just to get out before POTBS the game could have been good. As the game grows I'm sure more staff members will be included since the more money the game makes the more they can spend.