It is even hard to get a deal with a budget (label) publisher, like valusoft and egames. They got plenty of submissions and planned projects on there schedule, I noticed.
Wizard works don''t take external submissions. They are owned by Infogrames. Read there policy on there site.
Activision value is also very hard to deal with.
Expertsoftware and Headgames are owned by Activision Value.
Take Two took over budget publisher Godgames.
So they aren''t independend anymore
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Midas Interactive is also very hard to deal with. The same is for Inca. They got there own developers. And also they work with some experienced developers on contract. Especially because the (Pc) game market is financial not stable as 4 a 5 years ago. No publisher is taken any risk.
EA you can forget.
Also many publishers I know are bankcrupted and as I mentioned above some are took over, by a bigger fish.
Also many local budget publishers are bankcrupted.
So I advice to sell your games online. I sold 2 copies in 5 months
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Also the income from only only one budget publisher is mostly not enough to live from. A solution perhaps, if you got luck and you find in every or most country a budget publisher. I tried that but it''s very hard. Egames for instance sell there games through local distributors in each country. Only in the UK, they distribute self there products.
But again, I can say it loud, no chance at all.
Online you can sell some copies. But mostly you can''t afford a living form that. There are plenty free games on the internet.
And honestly from poot and high quality.
If you want to run a software business, I advice you to develop
simple administration software and build it up to a high skill.
Developing administration software is easier then games, I found out. And there is always at market for.