Comments on: Are You a Risk Taker?

By: Dexter Kofa

Dexter Kofa — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:54:57 +0000

@Derrick. Good Point

By: Derrick Barra

Derrick Barra — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:24:47 +0000

Ronin, I would agree with you to an extent, remember that when working on a AAA budget game that can make or break a company (as they so often do) the devs can’t afford to screw up from a design or marketing angle, and in order to meet their lowest common denominator consumer in their games market there have to be concessions that are made to keep risks as low as possible.

I suppose the way to look at it is that “large budget = large risk”, so large budget retail games need to innovate where it makes sense, and iterate in other areas to avoid complications.

By: Ronin

Ronin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:52:06 +0000

I have a day-job in addition to my Game Company, so I can afford to take risks.
The reason I started my own company was because I was tired of all the AAA games that just went with the same old, tried and true methods. I want to see more games that thinks outside of the box.
Though after the indie-game-developer scene took off, there has been loads of outside-of-the-box games. Indies are the innovators nowadays cause we dare to take the risks involved.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:33:49 +0000

I have to add that while I still consider myself a risk-taking entrepeneur, I often wonder if I could take the risks now that I took six years ago when starting my company. Then I was single, recently laid off, renting an apartment instead of owning my home, and not as concerned about filling retirement accounts. I didn’t have much to lose, or much else asking stability from me. Now in my mid-thirties, with a mortgage, long-term relationship, and only two or three decades until retirement, things are a bit different.