How Are Games Mass Produced? : Othor Games

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:04 pm

I'm curious as to how games (and movies for that matter) are mass produced?

Is there like a warehouse filled with computers that each have tons of disc drives, that each burn a mass amount of games/movies at a time?

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:08 am

Well they need someone to write all the discs

So what they do is they chain up a bunch of writers and force them to write on discs (usually with special ink pens)

Then they chain up a bunch of postal workers and force them to package the discs and send them out, for free, to video game stores. And that's how video games get sent out. :nod:

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:34 pm

No they use a mold.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:23 pm

a glass master is created and a disc replicator is used to mass produces DVD discs. (a replicator which stamps retail DVD (not DVD-R) discs from the mold, is very different from a duplicator, which uses a laser to writes to blank DVD-Rs.)

mfg cost is around 50-60 cents per disc, including the packaging and artwork (collector's editions more expensive obviously)

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:38 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ek2bKW22A&t=0m55s, but it's still done with the same kind of machine.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:12 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ek2bKW22A&t=0m55s, but it's still done with the same kind of machine.

very cool video!

reminded me of the portion of each episode of sesame street where they show you how crayons are made, etc.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:28 pm

very cool video!

reminded me of the portion of each episode of sesame street where they show you how crayons are made, etc.

Yup. I think there was one that showed how CDs are made, but I really couldn't find that. ^_^

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:20 pm

Well they need someone to write all the discs

So what they do is they chain up a bunch of writers and force them to write on discs (usually with special ink pens)

Then they chain up a bunch of postal workers and force them to package the discs and send them out, for free, to video game stores. And that's how video games get sent out. :nod:

Oh... so they're all manufactured in China!

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:12 pm

a glass master is created and a disc replicator is used to mass produces DVD discs. (a replicator which stamps retail DVD (not DVD-R) discs from the mold, is very different from a duplicator, which uses a laser to writes to blank DVD-Rs.)

mfg cost is around 50-60 cents per disc, including the packaging and artwork (collector's editions more expensive obviously)

Oh do they do it like that? I've always wondered.