A significant rise in game development
costs
Over time, games development has risen into
multi-million dollar propositions. In order
to minimize risk on these ventures, development
costs have been highly scrutinized and quality
assurance is one component that has received
serious attention.
Increasing size and scope of the games.
With the release of the latest generation of
hardware, the amount of game content has dramatically
increased. In addition, hardware requirements
for all of the platforms requires significantly
more resources allocated to a test team. This
has had a dramatic effect on the size of a game's
test team.
Increasing competition for testers
Developers have faced increasing competition
for recruiting testers from the same limited
local talent pool. During the busiest months
of the year, the local pool of talented testers
becomes severely depleted.
Demands on internal space
and resources
QA departments are continually faced with the
challenge of allocating enough testing space
to all of the teams required to test a company's
slate of games. In addition, carrying excess
hardware and equipment for seasonal work creates
on-going budget inefficiencies.
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