For years I have heard that being a game developer is a miserable job, with long hours not matched by an adequate pay.
Does somebody have an explanation for such cut-throat industry? Software development generally offers good jobs, so why isn’t that true for game development?
The possible explanation is the race to the bottom to offer games for cheap or free, as the article mentions. But then, why does that happen in games? There is plenty of software orders of magnitude simpler than games that gets sold for much higher prices.
Does somebody have an explanation for such cut-throat industry? Software development generally offers good jobs, so why isn’t that true for game development?
The possible explanation is the race to the bottom to offer games for cheap or free, as the article mentions. But then, why does that happen in games? There is plenty of software orders of magnitude simpler than games that gets sold for much higher prices.
What am I missing?