The days of the big deal are dead – hybrid funding stacks are the future | Opinion
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The traditional model of securing a single large funding deal for game development is no longer viable. Studios must adopt hybrid funding strategies that combine multiple sources—grants, publisher deals, platform agreements, equity investment, crowdfunding, and work-for-hire—across different development stages. This diversified approach reduces risk by ensuring that one failed deal or missed milestone doesn't collapse the entire project. Success now requires treating funding as a continuous process aligned with production phases, rather than a one-time event, and understanding the trade-offs between ownership, risk, and time for each funding source.
