There are many different types of game development such
as first second and third party including indie games which is freelance developers.
For these developers to create their games they will need funding from the
public who are interested in their idea by donating to their development campaign.
Websites such as Kickstarter will be used to gather the sufficient funds to develop
their game and fund their staff. This public funding keeps the game in complete
control of the creator rather than being funded by another company which would result
in them taking a share in the company or having a say in their game development.
PS4
If a freelancing developer
or small independent development company wanted to create an indie game for the
PlayStation 4 they would have to buy the PlayStation 4 development kit which is
priced at £2000-£2500. This fee however is to actually own the kit whereas most
developers are granted unprecedented access to these kits for an entire year
before paying a fee if they want to have it for any longer. These SDK’s or software development kits are
what these developers use to create and port their games to these consoles as
the coding to each game console of Xbox One and PS4 are different.
Xbox One
The SDK for Xbox One is a dual SDK and allows
developers to create games for not only the Xbox One but for also the PC
version of Xbox games or even just “Windows Live Games” as Microsoft created
both of these companies. The fee to use the SDK kits is disclosed to the public and is only mentioned to when a company wants to use the kit. Its been reported that they range between $2000-$10000 which is substantially more than the PS3 and Nintendo SDK kits. The SDK kit however is more useful for developers as it allows them to convert their Xbox game and port it to PC format much easier rather than changing the entire coding of the game as the Xbox 360 and the Windows Live Games service have the same coding which allows easier porting of games over platforms for developers. However in newer updates they have made it more accessible and is reportedly now $399 for the starter kit for producing kinect games.
Iphone
If a company wants to
develop for the IPhone they will have to purchase an SDK which in essence is
free to create a game but to actually publish it is $99 per year. This allows
many different developers to create games at a low cost to then where they
submit their games to apple to then be reviewed to as whether to be released on
the app store or not. If the game or app is released onto the app store the
developers take 70% of the profits and Apple take 30% these profits are
generated through advertisements and paid content such as add ons. sources:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/26/xbox-one-kinect-for-windows-developers-priced-at-399
http://www.macworld.com/article/1132404/sdkthoughts.html
https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/24/4553842/so-how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-for-playstation-4
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