{"id":16790,"date":"2026-08-20T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16790"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:45:50","slug":"what-is-proving-to-be-successful-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16790","title":{"rendered":"What is proving to be successful in games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Anyone can make that next hit game and find success. There\u2019s always gonna be the player base and people who want an amazing game, right? That\u2019s not going away. What is going away is opportunities: publishing, funding, mid-sized studios and small studios who can sustain that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaman also said that developers should be willing to take a risk in releasing something that is not polished, but rather is focused on fun.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/peak-co-creator-anyone-can-make-the-next-big-hit-but-there-are-few-opportunities-for-developers\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/peak-co-creator-anyone-can-make-the-next-big-hit-but-there-are-few-opportunities-for-developers\">Nick Kaman<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He makes the point that there is still opportunities &#8211; but those opportunities are changing. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gamedev\/comments\/1u7cl6q\/meccha_chameleon_earned_almost_10_million_dollars\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gamedev\/comments\/1u7cl6q\/meccha_chameleon_earned_almost_10_million_dollars\/\">viral, low-quality games like Meccha Chameleon pulled in $10 million and was made by 2 guys in just 2 months<\/a>. Yet <a href=\"https:\/\/hardcoregamer.com\/ten-live-service-games-that-just-couldnt-go-the-distance\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hardcoregamer.com\/ten-live-service-games-that-just-couldnt-go-the-distance\/\">multi-million dollar &#8216;safer bet&#8217; games are getting poor results and closing studios in just months<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Anyone can make that next hit game and find success. There\u2019s always gonna be the player base and people who want an amazing game, right? That\u2019s not going away. What is going away is opportunities: publishing, funding, mid-sized studios and small studios who can sustain that.&#8221; Kaman also said that developers should be willing to take a risk in releasing something that is not polished, but rather is focused on fun. 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