• exu ( exu@feditown.com ) 
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      9 months ago

      The publishers aren’t indie, but they publish lots of indie games. Assuming you define indie as not big established studio instead of how they are published.

    • Gamma ( GammaGames@beehaw.org ) 
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      Common misconception, but not technically. Good publishers provide real value like funding, marketing, testing, localization, etc. while also giving the team full creative control.

  • Krauerking ( Krauerking@lemy.lol ) 
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    Yeah, an unfortunate truth, most publishers are people with money who want to make more using the passion of another person. And games are like movies and everything else in this world to them, just another asset to make continuous profit from.

    I will still not forgive AnnPurna for being run by the shitty daughter of the Oracle Ellison family. I think they only released good games when the passionate people got to work and she wasnt paying attention.