Games Industry $26 Billion In 2006

[bentllama]

........delicious.

[mmkelly011881]

you get a cut of that right Nate?

[HellBoy]

what I never understood was, what is all that money done with? a company gets a good sale on a game, developers don't get it right, so where does it go?

[chadtheartist]

Looks like a prime time to be getting into the game industry. I'm stoked!

[danniesanchez]

i wondered that also, where does the money go? should i be investing in the company on top of being an employee.

[Sil3]

Ask the guys that bought the Mercedes and other top cars where the money went ;)

[slaughters]

...where does it go?To the people who took the giant risk of putting up the money to purchase the computers, rent the floor space, pay the developers, pay for marketing, arrange distribution, etc..

(a lot of money is put up by people for the very high risk of not getting most/any of it back)

[heavyness]

the money goes into the bank, so when a company has some set backs and or has a game that doesn't do as well as hope, they have something to fall back on.

...and the people making the games get a cut. some studios give X amount of money for every game sold. so if a games sells Y amount...

X x Y = $$$

or in other words, big fat cash money hustler, pimpin' the bling bling, aiiit!

[heavyness]

bentllama has a gold plated toilet in his house

[HellBoy]

lets say a company recieved $75million from a single game, the game took about 2 years to develope.
Electricity, space and risk takers and all that stuff is paid off, atleast a 1-2 million or so is left, should developers get a little bonus for spending a little extra on that office

maan, I hope no game employee reads my post or else they say this MWARSAME is after our money, damn you MWARSAME

[Schwinnz]

26 billions and still stupid hours on a quite average pay. Hmmm, something sounds fishy to me..

[bentllama]

bentllama has a gold plated toilet in his house

...shhhhhhh.

[mummey]

This sounds good... ...if you're in sales, management, or marketing. :shrug:

[Kid-Mesh]

Well in my experience....working in the automotive sector for eight years as a software engineer. What a projected $26 Billion dollar revenue stream means to me is that you wont have to worry about finding a job if your good at what you do.

Working in the auto sector was about as good as it gets software dev wise a few years back but now.....alot of us are trying to cross over and get out. We also have been courted by entertainment/gaming industry companies via "workshops" and "resume days" to transition our skills to that side....Im defintely considering it since I've done game programming for the last 6 plus years as a side hobby.

[HellBoy]

guys, lets forget about where the money goes, this is a great news, industry is getting greater, almost near to the movies huh, anyway, by any chance, whats the figure for movies indus


for the money, I think aliens take em to build the ultimate ufo ships, hehe

[pthomas72]

26 $bill is a load of crap.

saying I started out makeing 18k in 94.

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