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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="2918002"] Then you have the people who say "Why not just hire out for that?" We're in Michigan. I haven't even been able to find a qualified lead game developer for Stardock. Barring relocating to Dallas, Boston, Seattle, San Fran or LA, we knew what we'd need to do. [/quote] Sorry, Brad, but I don't buy it. Derek left Novell for Stardock and Jon left Firaxis. Surely you could charm other developers into joining,

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="13" id="2911363"] Quoting legaceez, reply 9I guess my question is if Stardock is a middle-ware company, how come Elemental got AAA pricing when it was first released? Did it cost as much as a AAA title to produce and was the cost justified? I can answer the question in general. Products that have a smaller market charge more because the production costs have to be divided among less customers. Its why a ticket

You can ask indie game developers' opinions at http://forums.indiegamer.com , but most likely you'll hear opposite points of view. Still, may be worth checking.