What indie companies have a chance of being as big as EA or Activision?

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#1 Zlychop
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Which indie developers have a chance of rising similar to the way Epic Games did back during their early days?

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#2 MonsieurX
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Not really related to luck
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#3 parkurtommo
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Mojang? Thatgamecompany?

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Wow...can you imagine thatgamecompany turning into EA or Epic Games?

That'd be terrible.

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#5 parkurtommo
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Wow...can you imagine thatgamecompany turning into EA or Epic Games?

That'd be terrible.

XVision84
Who knows, they might make the whole artsy scene popular.
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[QUOTE="XVision84"]

Wow...can you imagine thatgamecompany turning into EA or Epic Games?

That'd be terrible.

parkurtommo

Who knows, they might make the whole artsy scene popular.

Not that, I love artsy games, the more the better.

Problem is, when a company gets as big as EA or Activision, things start changing for the worse. I don't want that to happen with thatgamecompany.

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#7 deactivated-609eda8a7edd0
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I can't see any current indie developers being as big as EA anytime soon. Mojang is the only one I can see making a claim for it but even then they seem to be doing there own thing and creating pretty unique game compared to big blockbuster ones.
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#8 YearoftheSnake5
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I hope none of them become as huge and monolithic as EA and Activision.

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[QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="XVision84"]

Wow...can you imagine thatgamecompany turning into EA or Epic Games?

That'd be terrible.

XVision84

Who knows, they might make the whole artsy scene popular.

Not that, I love artsy games, the more the better.

Problem is, when a company gets as big as EA or Activision, things start changing for the worse. I don't want that to happen with thatgamecompany.

Yeah that's pretty much implied. Though I seriously doubt that will ever happen, no indie company can reach EA status without first reaching THQ status. Even though we are using publishers as if they were devs :roll:
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#10 James161324
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Roviois about the only one. But none of the those guys want to go mainstream,

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[QUOTE="XVision84"]

Wow...can you imagine thatgamecompany turning into EA or Epic Games?

That'd be terrible.

parkurtommo

Who knows, they might make the whole artsy scene popular.

Then it wouldnt be artsy anymore

cause popular =/= art

source: The hipster inside me

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#12 Zlychop
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Roviois about the only one. But none of the those guys want to go mainstream,

James161324
Why would a company not want to go mainstream, mainstream = way much more $
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#13 4dr1el
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Roviois about the only one. But none of the those guys want to go mainstream,

James161324

Selling millions of copies over cellphones, consoles (PS3 atleast) PC, tablets, smartphones, etc etc and having their mothers and grandmothers talking about Angry Birds isnt already mainstream?

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#14 parkurtommo
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[QUOTE="James161324"]

Roviois about the only one. But none of the those guys want to go mainstream,

Zlychop
Why would a company not want to go mainstream, mainstream = way much more $

Because they actually have some dignity and respect for consumers.
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#15 Zlychop
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[QUOTE="Zlychop"][QUOTE="James161324"]

Roviois about the only one. But none of the those guys want to go mainstream,

parkurtommo
Why would a company not want to go mainstream, mainstream = way much more $

Because they actually have some dignity and respect for consumers.

You can be a mainstream company still respect your customers, Valve. :)
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#16 parkurtommo
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[QUOTE="Zlychop"][QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="Zlychop"] Why would a company not want to go mainstream, mainstream = way much more $

Because they actually have some dignity and respect for consumers.

You can be a mainstream company still respect your customers, Valve. :)

Yeah well, that is the only one left.
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#17 skrat_01
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None. Epic is big because they have been selling their engine since the late 90s.
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#18 Maneil99
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Indie Games are **** there I said it, we all know it.

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Next gen there will be no EA, no Activision, no Valve. Just Bioware. Bioware will take over EA and then the Biocaust will begin. Are you frightened? You should be. Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware..... [spoiler] 4life [/spoiler]
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#20 SolidCLOUD_
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EA and Activision owe their success to their casual franchises... what indie company is making a sports game or a modern shooter and have enough money to feature a trailer around the NBA Finals for all dudebros to see and be aware of their game's existence?
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As is evidenced by the games put out by Activision and EA, you only get that big by making horrible games and marketing them like crazy to make people think they are better than dog crap.

Both companies are completely irrelevant to anyone who enjoys games more than commercials.

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Rovio and Valve are the only ones. Epic is nowhere near EA/Activision and never will be.

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Rovio and Valve are the only ones. Epic is nowhere near EA/Activision and never will be.

AdrianWerner
valve counts as indie? since when?
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#24 LegatoSkyheart
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Double Fine. lol or those developers of Amnesia.
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#25 the_mitch28
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It's more likely that companies like EA and Activision will get smaller if anything, D2D has already taken a lot of power away from them.

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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Rovio and Valve are the only ones. Epic is nowhere near EA/Activision and never will be.

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valve counts as indie? since when?

Since they aren't owned by any publisher or investor. Of course, that's when using word indie simply as shortened version of independent. Many people think that after reaching certain size and profitability you can no longer count as indie, just independent.

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#27 XenoNinja
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probably nintendo.
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#28 HaloPimp978
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I would say none/

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If were talkin bout small companies Rovio have pretty much appeared out of thin air with the angry birds craze.

But for SW they are far too mainstream even though they sprouted from the sucess of 1 game i'll have to say them and Mojang.

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Rovio and Valve are the only ones. Epic is nowhere near EA/Activision and never will be.

AdrianWerner

valve counts as indie? since when?

Since they aren't owned by any publisher or investor. Of course, that's when using word indie simply as shortened version of independent. Many people think that after reaching certain size and profitability you can no longer count as indie, just independent.

pretty sure indie refer to small, independent studios, not videogame megalomaniacs that have their own store.
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#31 4dr1el
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Indie Games are **** there I said it, we all know it.

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I wouldnt say they're sh1t since there are really good ones out there. Problem is, for every good indie game theres like 20 sh1tty ones. Indie games are quite overrated and only (commonly) praised by the hipsters of gaming i.e. hermits just to take a nod over the "mainstream" overproduced "casualized" "cr4p" pointed towards consoles.

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#32 yellosnolvr
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blizzard is big indie company already at the point of this post, many fortunes may be in future. they are good at games and have the biggest chance at indie company converting to EA/Activision lookalike in all seriousness. i really hope nobody has even a chance at getting that big. its too big for anyone's good aside from the higher-ups.
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#33 razgriz_101
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blizzard is big indie company already at the point of this post, many fortunes may be in future. they are good at games and have the biggest chance at indie company converting to EA/Activision lookalike in all seriousness. i really hope nobody has even a chance at getting that big. its too big for anyone's good aside from the higher-ups.yellosnolvr

blizzard arent indie though they are a subsidiary of vivendi and part of the acti/bliz partnership.

So yeah no.

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[QUOTE="Oreobind"]Next gen there will be no EA, no Activision, no Valve. Just Bioware. Bioware will take over EA and then the Biocaust will begin. Are you frightened? You should be. Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life

LOL. EA will liquidate BioWare soon. Everything they've released this gen is garbage. On topic, it's unlikely any of these really small indie companies will get as big as EA or Activision, they'd probably be bought out first. An indie company would have to have a solid foothold and make a significant impact on the industry to last long enough and continue putting out enough games to get really big. It's a possibility for a company like Valve, but all these other little companies will be bought up or disappear eventually.
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#35 AdrianWerner
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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] valve counts as indie? since when?BrunoBRS

Since they aren't owned by any publisher or investor. Of course, that's when using word indie simply as shortened version of independent. Many people think that after reaching certain size and profitability you can no longer count as indie, just independent.

pretty sure indie refer to small, independent studios, not videogame megalomaniacs that have their own store.

There's no real definition of indie. Heck...if we're pure then absolutely nothing on XBLA could count as indie for example.

Also..plenty of very small studios have their own stores.

I've chosen the "indie = independent" definition for this thread because it's the only one that makes sense in context of OP's question.

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#36 mexicangordo
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Rovio and Zynga easily. They both have huge potential for sure.

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None.

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[QUOTE="Oreobind"]Next gen there will be no EA, no Activision, no Valve. Just Bioware. Bioware will take over EA and then the Biocaust will begin. Are you frightened? You should be. Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware4Life Bioware..... [spoiler] 4life [/spoiler]

bioware is owned TOTALLY by ea. They are as good as slaves. Anyway no one should be that powerfull, or should i say so greedy? Valve is doing it right, make what they want and dont try to squeize cash from everywhare.
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#39 k2theswiss
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NA i rather they stay indepented like vavle or so.