How Publishing Companies Affect New Video Game Studios in North Karelia

Tamminen, Tino (2022)
 
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Tamminen, Tino
2022
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The task of this research is to figure out how video game publishers affect video game developers when the developers are starting up their operations in North Karelia. This research was done to figure out if the relationship between an established publisher and a new video game developer would be a one-sided deal or a flourishing partnership.

This research was carried out by interviewing representatives of two of the few video game developers in the North Karelia area. In the semi-structured interviews eleven or more questions were asked to answer the four research questions in the study.


The results of the study were a bit different than expected but not completely surprising. One of the companies said that the partnership seems fair, and the other one mentioned that they would not partner up with a publisher if they had to choose again. The main motivation for working with a publisher seemed to always be monetary but also included getting some help with reaching the correct audience.
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