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New Money: The End of Battered Developer Syndrome Edition

I know this pain Why do lock yourself up in these chains? No one can change your life except for you Dont ever let anyone step all over you Just open your heart and your mind Is it really fair to feel this way inside? You could sustain Or are you comfortable with the pain? Youve got no one to blame for your unhappiness You got yourself into your own mess Lettin your worries pass you by Dont you think its worth your time To change your mind? Some day somebodys gonna make you want to Turn around and say goodbye Until then baby are you going to let them Hold you down and make you cry Dont you know? Dont you know things can change Thingsll go your way If you hold on for one more day yeah If you hold on It's a tough world out there for independent development. We are going through an attrition . Teams are getting bigger, burn rate is higher and time between deals is longer.  For years and years and years a developer's only choice has been to sell to publishers, and the number of ...