Development in the game industry is the creation of a game. Game development is undertaken by a game developer, this can be from one person to an entire business. PC and console games are usually funded by a publisher and take multiple years to develop.
Companies such as Lionhead studios are a development company which have assisted in the production of games like the Fable series and the Black and White series.
Publishers
A publisher is a company which publishes video games in which they have developed themselves or have dad developed by a video game developer. Video game publishers are responsible for the products manufacturing and marketing as well as market research and advertising.
Publishers often finance the development sometimes by paying a developer which is known as external development or sometimes by paying an internal staff of developers known as a studio.
There are major publishers such as Blizzard and mid size publishers like Capcom.
Console Manufactures and First Party Publishers
Console manufactures A.K.A first party video game publishers are a company that manufactures and distributes game consoles as well as permitting third party publishers to create games for its platform in return for licensing fees. games consoles like the Xbox published by Microsoft and the Playstation published by Sony.
first party publishers are companies which make their own consoles and equipment like Sony; Microsoft and Nintendo. These companies decide whether or not to approve every game which is targeted for development on their platforms .
Distribution and Retail
Distribution is the process of getting video game content as digital information. To facilitate the sale of games, game companies have their own platforms for digital distribution. Platforms like Steam; Origin and Xbox Live Marketplace provide users with centralized services to purchase and download digital content for specific consoles. Retail is the individual locations in which video games are sold to the public, places like include Game and HMV.
Outsourcing Companies
Outsourcing is when a company contracts with an outside individual or a company to provide assistance such as IT services or even production assistance Outsourcing companies can often be a private company like 24/7 Customer or a public company like Stream Global Services.
Press and Media
Press and media can also be known as Video game journalism. This is where media websites like Reddit are used to find out news about upcoming games and downloadable content for games. Media and Press also release news on their own websites such as Microsoft and Game.
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