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Has the games industry adopted Hollywood Accounting? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
by throwwit 10y ago
Has the games industry adopted Hollywood Accounting?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
- pcr0 10y agoI'd say it qualifies as Hollywood Accounting if the revenue exceeds the budget and yet the project is still deemed unprofitable. I haven't really heard of this in the games industry. Typical Hollywood Accounting is when companies make up overhead figures. But in the games industry the costs seem too transparent to be able to get away with posting fictious overheads as most of the cost is dominated by marketing and salaries.
- shinymark 10y agoIf it exists anywhere it would be in third party publishing deals where the developer takes an advance on royalties with the possibility of more royalties if the project is profitable. I've been involved in a few deals like this and although I have no proof of Hollywood Accounting I've had my suspicions.