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Take-Two is selling its indie games label Private Division (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you sell an indie game studio? Doesn't sound very independent even before the sale to me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It was a indie publisher, not developer, big difference. They published titles from indie studios. Publishing is the act of funding, supervision, sometimes giving advice, doing a launch marketing campaign, etc. In short, indie publishers are key for a indie game to make money, as traditional publishers tend to avoid them because they are high risk.