I'm not in the industry (well, we made one game!) but I bet there'd be loads of cheaper artists, especially through Asia. You'd get incredible artists much cheaper than that.
Having been in this industry, I've seen it go that high and I've seen artists charge a lot less. It does operate more like a free market. I've hired many artists as contractors in the past, whether from the Eastern or Western hemisphere, sometimes the market is in your favor and you run into that perfect artist where the price is just right. Other times you'll pay through the teeth...
You could easily spend that on any profession if you want to.
You can get good artists for far cheaper if you want though. He even says so in his posts. He's always praising his contractors and he pays them $25/hr.
He could hire that contractor to work for him full time for two years for only $100k, so I'm pretty skeptical that the price he gives truly reflects the cost of a minor art upgrade.
I'm not in the industry (well, we made one game!) but I bet there'd be loads of cheaper artists, especially through Asia. You'd get incredible artists much cheaper than that.
Having been in this industry, I've seen it go that high and I've seen artists charge a lot less. It does operate more like a free market. I've hired many artists as contractors in the past, whether from the Eastern or Western hemisphere, sometimes the market is in your favor and you run into that perfect artist where the price is just right. Other times you'll pay through the teeth...
You could easily spend that on any profession if you want to.
You can get good artists for far cheaper if you want though. He even says so in his posts. He's always praising his contractors and he pays them $25/hr.
He could hire that contractor to work for him full time for two years for only $100k, so I'm pretty skeptical that the price he gives truly reflects the cost of a minor art upgrade.