许多北美的华人好像都在这样做。当自己有一个自认为不错的idea，却没有资金和人力时，就尝试拉拢几个人，然后给人家以所谓“技术股东”的头衔来取得免费劳力。成功了，取得较大收益的，往往是他自己，而不是合伙人（这主要来自于财务和人事的权力不同）；失败了，损失最大的却往往不是他自己，而是合伙人（这却来至于那一纸无效的协议）。这里有一个很简单的trick：本来这些被拉拢的合伙人投入的时间是应当得到合适的回报的，这里却把这种应得的回报转嫁成为一种风险（给你的希望就是你基本不可能得到的比原来期望大很多的回报）。这对发起人来说不过是一种规避风险的简单方法罢了。而且这种投入/管理/经营&/技术不分的模式往往是难以成功的，即使成功，公司规模在膨胀之前也会分家。如果真的想搞点事业，觉得还是走正常的投资/管理/技术分家的方法比较符合按劳分配的原则。

这样说并不是贬低各位的技术. 而是现在游戏的现状所造成的. 游戏行业已经是个比较成熟的行业了. 他越来越趋向大型化和高成本. 举个列子, 就如生产著名的Diablo(暗黑破坏神), War Craft(魔兽)的暴雪公司, 他每个下一代产品的间隔达到了3-4年. 以他们本身拥有的技术资源来讲, 还要花那么长的时间, 可想而知现在一个游戏的庞大. 每个游戏的成本都要达到几亿美金了. 其他不说, 就是以目前各位所拥有的电脑来说, 也不可能生产出这中游戏来. 一块专业显卡的价格就不是一般人所能承受的. 举目望去, 现在能够火暴的游戏, 基本就是这种硬件, 软件, 情节策划等等的综合体. 像现在的人, 你让他再去玩仙剑, 我估计是很难有以前我们玩时的感觉了. 因为现在很多公司都能把情节和画面结合起来了. 那你只有创意的游戏也就没啥大市场了.

所以说, 参与为主吧.

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛September 20, 2002, 12:42 PM PT


Microsoft has acquired British game developer Rare, a Nintendo executive confirmed on Friday.
Nintendo said in a statement that it has sold its 49 percent interest in Rare--developer of games based on popular Nintendo franchises such as Donkey Kong--but declined to name the buyer or price.

Peter MacDougall, executive vice president at Nintendo of America, confirmed to CNET New.com, however, that the sale was part of Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. "The entire company has be sold to Microsoft," he said.



Microsoft has not announced the Rare purchase, and a company representative declined to comment on the subject, which has been the subject of numerous reports estimating the deal at anywhere from $400 million to $540 million.

Schelley Olhava, an analyst for research firm IDC, said the type of family-friendly games Rare creates are exactly what Microsoft needs to broaden the appeal of the Xbox beyond hardcore gamers.

"They need to get into the mass market," she said. "Rare has a reputation for developing very solid, high-quality franchises, something that's been really lacking for the Xbox...Rare is very good at developing characters; they made Donkey Kong what it is today.

Nintendo minimized the effect of the sale, saying Rare-developed titles only accounted for 1.5 percent of Nintendo's worldwide software sales during the 2002 fiscal year. "Looking at the company's recent track record, it became clear that its value to the future of Nintendo would be limited," MacDougall said in the statement. "In other words, we passed on this opportunity for very good business reasons." Nintendo said it will retain all rights to Rare franchises such as Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Diddy Kong. "Those properties are still owned by Nintendo, and we will continue to make new games based on them," MacDougall told News.com.

P.J. McNealy, an analyst for research firm Gartner, said that will mean a delayed payoff for Microsoft.

"It's a much less appealing deal for Microsoft without the Donkey Kong franchise," he said. "It makes it more of a long-term investment. It's possible the goal is really to build up a portfolio for the later years of the Xbox, when they're going to need to appeal to the kiddie market even more."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net