There are plenty of great artists and designers out there who have AMAZING ideas for games, GOOD GAMES. See, some of your favorite games are the favorites of these designers as well. So, we model our new games after them. The ideas get put down on paper, characters are developed, story lines all planned out, the Claw Design Bible is put together & its all prepped for its pitch to see if it can get the money to back it.

The Video Game industry companies very seldom like to put their money on risky ideas. They like to give the budget to “sure” bets they know will sell. So although that guy who pitched the idea for the next great “FF7″ type game has a good idea, the risk factor involved is greater than a game that is 3rd party i.e. a movie re-made into a video game.

This is why we see so many crap games out there based on movies. This is the reason why we don’t see those games we like anymore less and less. The economy does have to do with it, but it was like that even back in the day so I cant imagine how much more the publishers have stepped away from taking risks even further.

The ideas are out there, the concepts and game play is there, we’ve seen it, we’ve played it. But like most things sadly, it comes down to money.

*shakes fist at the stubborn publishers who rather have “”_____ movie: the game!” instead of the next new blockbuster game that lives on for generations (like FF7) because it *might* flop. They need to grow a pair.