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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by privacyking on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:00AM (#32382292)
How did you determine that 50x estimate rule?
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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by shinymark on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:23AM (#32382373)
I’m not the prior poster but it’s a median benchmark based on real-world surveys of game developers who are willing to share their data.

(Source: I’ve participated in one such survey.)

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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by Gracana on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:26AM (#32382386)
I was curious, searched a bit and found this: https://vginsights.com/insights/article/how-to-estimate-stea...

Looks like 50x is on the high side, 30x would be a more reasonable guess now.

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