For a while now I have been looking for s dedicated server that i can afford and cheapest i found was $30 a month with a $90 startup fee but it had really cheap quality, and i was wondering what would you say the odds would be if I asked for a big major game company to host my game if i allow it to sponsor them and i give them half the profits i make from the game each year. This has came down to my last resort for the time being until I can buy my own server. And if you think this might be doing able whom do you think might do it? I was thinking Blizzard, but i'm not sure if they would because of the setup for my game is far more advanced in graphics and game play, or so it seems from what I have played of WoW.

Try Sony or even Armor Games. Newgrounds would be good to.

Sony would be your best choice.

Unless if your game is top notch, 100% sure to bring them in a good profit, big companies like Sony & Blizzard aren't likely to sponsor you. Just be sure you have a solid plan and some form of guarantee that they'll get their money's worth.

Then if Sony or Blizzard doesn't accept it try newgrounds.

ok i'll look into it, but do you think i'm making a good choice for starting out?

Yeh I bet most of the good game makers had to start almost like this.

Posted By Nick on 29th Apr 08 at 5:11am

 

Yeh I bet most of the good game makers had to start almost like this.

I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just trying to be realistic; I think most game makers started out with degrees in Computer Science, focusing either in AI or graphics. I haven't seen any of your work, so perhaps you're a computer science prodigy, but otherwise, I think you're odds are 1 million to 1. I doubt Sony or Blizzard will dish out server space to a high school student to host his home-made game when they could use that server to expand PS3 online by several thousand players or WoW several hundred thousand players. I think they would turn it down especially quickly if you said you would give then half the profits as long as you host it there, as they would know that as soon as you made a little money you would high-tail it out of there and get your own server.

If you think that this has serious potential, then I think your best bet would be to form a corporation, create 100 shares of stock (or whatever you want), and sell 15 of those shares at, say, $50 a piece, and use that money to get started.

You can try, gamebattles. They might sponser you. Its worth a shot

Blizzard doesn't except new ideas really. Blizzard is one of the largest gaming corporations in the world, hence, they have their own agenda. They have over ten million loyal subscribers.

Now; for a new game, have you tried a smaller hosting, t hen working your way up from there? Dedicated servers require investments. Most gaming companies/mmos create their own "gaming company" like Stargate Worlds or Turbine did.

I bet newgrounds will everyone uploads their games there, I don't think it matters for video quality, I am not a member so I am not sure.