Shigeru Miyamoto (left) and John Romero (right) are among the best-known game developers First-party developers However, since publishing is still their primary activity they are generally described as 'publishers' rather than 'developers'. Most video game publishers maintain development studios (such as Electronic Arts's EA Canada, Square Enix's studios, Activision's Radical Entertainment, Nintendo EPD and Sony's Polyphony Digital and Naughty Dog). Less commonly, some do software development work in addition to games. Some focus on porting games from one system to another, or translating games from one language to another. Video game developers specialize in certain types of games (such as role-playing video games or first-person shooters). Ī developer may specialize in specific game engines or specific video game consoles (such as Nintendo's Switch, Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S, Sony's PlayStation 5), or may develop for several systems (including personal computers and mobile devices).

Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programmers, designers, artists, etc. A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.

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