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Thursday, May 20, 2004

The day after I pick up Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon for the Xbox ($19.99 at GameStop), I find out that Revolution Software is downsizing to focus exclusively on design. Suffering the same fate as pretty much every independent developer out there, this is another indication of an industry that's becoming more and more reliant on the financial stability of large publishers like EA. Games are enormously expensive, and a single flop - or, in the case of Broken Sword, a mostly well-reviewed 'non-hit' - can spell disaster for any developer living hand to mouth. It's particularly sad when an outfit as established and talented as Revolution is affected, but consistency of quality doesn't necessarily equate success: just look at what happened to Looking Glass Studios. ¶ 18:06

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