Quote Originally Posted by Speederlander View Post
Now, scale down to a single game company. How do they get started? They have no guaranteed income (other than begging for donations). Do game companies just go away? What do we think the quality of "open source" games will be? Does that get us AAA titles? People are motivated primarily and most importantly by compensation. Sure, there are some few people who are "in it for the masses" (and usually they get paid well anyway), but the fundamental truth is people work hard and want to get paid for their hard work. Take away the pay, and the talented people will go find an industry where they WILL get paid.
2DBoy, Jenovachen.. either of those ring a bell?

Make a good product and you'll be known. Piss in a pot and call it soup and we'll call you John Romero.