With paltry streaming royalties and a cost-of-touring crisis, it’s harder than ever to make money as a musician. Claudia Cockerell on the household names who are taking up side hustles, and what it says about the state of the music industry
    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Ouch, just like video game industry :-/

      A fair amount of the money still goes back to the studios. It’s way more expensive than it used to be, both in time and money, to create what we consider a state-of-the-art video game. The goalposts for quality and realism have moved so far.

      • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Well, I prefer say Commandos by Eidos to some super graphic expensive “triple A” game, but that’s just me it feels like.

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          I too have tastes for well put together titles, but we don’t make them enough money :)