The Developers

As a member of the DirectX team for the last few years, I've had the pleasure of speaking with quite a few game developers. Although each of the developers is naturally unique, they all have similar traits. One of the most obvious traits they share is an absolute love of games. However, this should be expected. Game development is a tough job, with long hours, tight schedules, and immense pressure. Anyone without a strong devotion to the gaming world should go write software without these pressures.

Although it's not common for a game studio today to actually announce how much it spends on the games being developed, many titles cost millions of dollars during development, a substantial investment for the company publishing the ...

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