Outsourcing is fairly common in lots of industries. It makes sense: if you can accomplish more with the help of an outside firm -- especially if it comes at a low cost -- why not use it? Where things get interesting, however, is when outsourcing isn't acknowledged -- or, in other words, kept secret...
"The Istanbul-based (Turkey) indie games publisher Keep Games and indie games developer Tembikai, are today very happy and proud to announce that their cozy and relaxing idle game "Topac Battle", is now available for PC via Steam Early Access." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
With all the nerfs and updates, the players still ask for a buff to that popular Stratagem.
Helldivers 2 has been under attack recently thanks to a requirement to link your PlayStation Network account to play. One community manager wants you to make your displeasure known and even offered ways to do it.
The game was paid for and published by Sony, and owned by them it wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for them. The CM spoke out of pocket, the requirement was turned off at Arrowhead request to help those dummies get their act together when the game launched.
I was wondering who the hell these companies are outsourcing to. Crazy.
I woulda never guessed this method would be SO vastly used o_o
Mainly Japanese games, dirty little secret indeed!
There is a company in Taiwan called Arima that makes nearly all the laptop computers for sale in the world only with Dell, Gateway, HP, and other badges on them. They basically have a few motherboard designs that are easily modified with components selected by the company that will be selling the laptops, so they can make high power gaming rigs for companies like Alienware or budget models for Gateway or any configuration in between.