Barriers to Game Development Have Been Obliterated
Anyone Can Enter The Market Now
Making a video game is a dream that many have had, though far fewer have actually done it. For many years, the development of any video game that rivalled those you could buy from the big publishers was an endeavour that required you to have a team, dole out serious cash for engines, assets and more. Then you would have to have an even more massive advertising budget.
Video game development was firmly outside the realm of the common-folk. People who wanted to do it as a hobby were required to make sacrifices in quality or depth. All of this, while knowing that competing with the big studios, was almost out of the question.
Then, in the last ten or so years, something big happened, and it changed gaming forever.
Mobile Markets
When smartphones first showed up on the scene, for a while, the biggest games found themselves locked onto the consoles and computers. As a result, many of the big studios missed their chance to capitalize on what would become one of, if not the most significant electronic entertainment market, the mobile device.
