Owning IP is crucial to survival, says Free Radical boss

Vikingod · Nov 1, 2006, 12:09 PM

Source: GamesIndustry
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Free Radical Design's David Doak has told GamesIndustry.biz that if the developer didn't own it's own intellectual property, it would have gone bust.

And he warned other independent developers that without holding a stake in a property they risk having a project taken off them if a publisher isn't happy with the development process.

"If we hadn't owned our own IP we would have gone out of business," said Doak.

"If a property isn't owned by the developer or the developer doesn't have a stake in the ownership, one option [for a publisher] is to get someone else to finish it off. And that just destroys a company."

Nov 1, 2006, 12:09 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Owning IP is crucial to survival, says Free Radical boss Source: GamesIndustry ____________ Free Radical Design's David Doak has told GamesIndustry.biz that if the developer didn't own it's own intellectual property, it would have gone bust. And he warned other independent developers that without holding a stake in a property they risk having a project taken off them if a publisher isn't happy with the development process. "If we hadn't owned our own IP we would have gone out of business," said Doak. "If a property isn't owned by the developer or the developer doesn't have a stake in the ownership, one option [for a publisher] is to get someone else to finish it off. And that just destroys a company."