Dark Secrets The Gaming Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know

Third-Party Developers

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Although big gaming companies would never admit it, there are more individuals making your favorite games than the developers at the companies’ headquarters. Larger development companies usually outsource some of the work to make sure all the work gets done. However, these third-party developer’s names aren’t on the credits, and they definitely can’t talk about what they have been a part of.

Alexander Fernandez of Streamline Studios believes this is an unspoken part of the industry because companies don’t want to taint their image. They don’t want people to think that they can’t handle things themselves. On the other hand, it could be because they want investors to think that they can do more work than they actually can.

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