Comments on: Tantalus Makes Develop 100 List http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list/ the Gamer's Guide | Computer and video game news and reviews Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:08:52 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LimitedTime http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list/comment-page-1/#comment-13256 LimitedTime Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:43:32 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list.html#comment-13256 <p>Strange that Tantalus is even on this list. There are several other Australian developers who are achieving at a much higher level. How is this list compiled? Not very accurately evidently.</p> Strange that Tantalus is even on this list. There are several other Australian developers who are achieving at a much higher level. How is this list compiled? Not very accurately evidently.

]]> By: NegativeZero http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list/comment-page-1/#comment-13255 NegativeZero Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:09:45 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list.html#comment-13255 <p>It's an interesting list to be sure, but it's based on retail-only sales in the UK so there are some notable absences. For example, Blizzard should be towards the top of this list thanks to the staggering revenue that WoW generates each year, and I imagine that if you factored in US sales you'd see Infinity Ward and Bungie sitting a bit higher too. Also Nintendo have a really unfair advantage if I'm interpreting this right - the blurb at the top says they're ranked according to the amount of money their products - not their software, their products - made at retail. How much of that number is from software and how much is from hardware? (Or am I wrong completely and Nintendo really have sold that much software?)</p> <p>It's nice to see an Australian developer in there though. Would be nice to see more of them too, since there are several great studios in Australia.</p> It’s an interesting list to be sure, but it’s based on retail-only sales in the UK so there are some notable absences. For example, Blizzard should be towards the top of this list thanks to the staggering revenue that WoW generates each year, and I imagine that if you factored in US sales you’d see Infinity Ward and Bungie sitting a bit higher too. Also Nintendo have a really unfair advantage if I’m interpreting this right – the blurb at the top says they’re ranked according to the amount of money their products – not their software, their products – made at retail. How much of that number is from software and how much is from hardware? (Or am I wrong completely and Nintendo really have sold that much software?)

It’s nice to see an Australian developer in there though. Would be nice to see more of them too, since there are several great studios in Australia.

]]> By: Hansel http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list/comment-page-1/#comment-13254 Hansel Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:49:47 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/04/tantalus_makes_develop_100_list.html#comment-13254 <p>Yikes, Nintendo is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest</p> Yikes, Nintendo is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest

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