Developer credits

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:18 am

Im just curious, why dont they give developement teams credit anymore, on older games they did (Electronic Arts) and its actually helped me to find good games. I mean, what would we do without Mike Posehn, Paul Vernon, John Manley and the Strike games for Genesis?

Post by **retro_gammer79** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:00 pm

They do and always have!

When you beat a game it shows you in the credits, DUH!

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:12 pm

retro_gammer79 wrote:They do and always have!

When you beat a game it shows you in the credits, DUH!

no on the box, they used to put the developement team on the box. WHY DONT THEY DO THAT ANYMORE

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:21 pm

Probably because the average size of a game development team is like 10x larger today than it was back then.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:45 pm

Yeah, back then, a game would be done by 10 - 20 people at most, now it takes at least 80 when you count testers, sound and graphic designers, producers, localization and so on, if someone had to be printed on the box no one would like to be left out.

Post by **retro_gammer79** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:58 pm

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:
retro_gammer79 wrote:They do and always have!

When you beat a game it shows you in the credits, DUH!
no on the box, they used to put the developement team on the box. WHY DONT THEY DO THAT ANYMORE

Why is the sky blue? Why do bad things happen to good people?

Who knows, who cares?

Post by **gradualmeltdown** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:20 pm

Because the Publisher is trying to promote the game and itself, not the developer. As long as the box art at least has the developers logo right next to the publishers its all good.

Post by **retro_gammer79** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:01 pm

gradualmeltdown wrote:Because the Publisher is trying to promote the game and itself, not the developer. As long as the box art at least has the developers logo right next to the publishers its all good.

Exactly, you just said it your self. It's the publishers job to sell, promote, and advertise the game. The developer, makes the game and has little to nothing to do with advertising it.

I think what you are trying to say is that they can put the developer on the box or used in their advertising to promote the game.

For example for the Final Fantasy series they will put Square Soft/Enix on the box to promote the game.