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Old Jan 18, 2010, 09:58 PM   #31
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And they spent only 40 million on developing it , according to some sources anyway.
See , nothing is more profitable than games nowadays
If you're good at what you do anything can be profitable, The only thing holding me back really from making my living off creating artwork freelance is that it would kill the magic of it being a hobby
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Old Jan 18, 2010, 10:14 PM   #32
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If you're good at what you do anything can be profitable, The only thing holding me back really from making my living off creating artwork freelance is that it would kill the magic of it being a hobby
I remember using the same excuse when I was a young teenager for not daring to have sex. Sucky times.
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Old Jan 18, 2010, 10:22 PM   #33
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And they spent only 40 million on developing it , according to some sources anyway.
See , nothing is more profitable than games nowadays
Still don't get why CGI is so expensive.

You aren't paying the computer to do the work.
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Old Jan 18, 2010, 10:41 PM   #34
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Still don't get why CGI is so expensive.

You aren't paying the computer to do the work.
You have to pay somebody to watch the computer do the work.....
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Yeah plus I'm pretty sure the shelf-life of a video game is much better than a movie (although games don't have sales from hotels/ppv/planes)
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