Spilbranchen er på vej igennem lidt af en krise de her dage. Generelt menes det at spil er blevet for dyre at lave, de tager for lang tid at udvikle og kræver for mange ansatte, og samtidig med det mener nogle at det egentlige publikum for traditionelle spil simpelthen ikke udvider sig, og dem der er her kredser om bare nogle få spil.
Så hvordan kommer vi ud af den her kattepine? Rami Ismail har selv stået for en række centrale indie-succeser gennem årene, og bruger i disse dage sin tid på at sikre at andre indie-spil kan komme til fadet.
Vi snakkede med ham ved DevGAMM i Gdańsk, hvor han siger følgende:
"I think fundamentally the main issue is just that the model of making games, even indie games, or at least what we generally call indie games in the commercial sphere, right? (...) The costs have just ballooned, and it's because of the publishers to some degree, because they can afford a $300,000 budget with a $200,000 marketing budget. But for now, the economics of games, they don't make sense. They're not sustainable. They can't grow. AAA studios and publishers are trying to reduce their size and scale, and move to AA, then the saturation will be even bigger."
Han beskriver også den krise der helt lavpraktisk påvirker kreativiteten hos visse studier:
"They became dependent on external funding, it takes away that creative freedom. Because everything is expensive, everything has to be secure, and because everything is secure, nothing recoups its income. It's a really frustrating loop.