Why don't more companies hire Fans/Modders

[Box]

Looking at all the Fan games and Mods made by Sony and Nintendo Fans, you would think they would have job offers. Sony fans have even modded 60fps versions and created native ports of old games like Jak and Daxter. Nintendo fans create entire fan games and 4k mods for Nintendo games.
Look at Bloodborne Kart and the ps1 demake.

There is a lot of talent out there, these people have the technical skills and the passion. So why don't companies hire them?

This would be a much better investment

 

[historia]

Sega hired fan. It ended horribly.

It called Sonic Frontiers.

 

[Zzero]

Some of those people do get or have industry jobs. With Nintendo specifically its because most of their game dev is fone in Japan and they already have a long line of talented peopke who want to get in.

 

[historia]

Some of those people do get or have industry jobs. With Nintendo specifically its because most of their game dev is fone in Japan and they already have a long line of talented peopke who want to get in.

I gonna be honest with you.

Not much people want to get into Nintendo because their pay sucks. Like fucking 3M/a year for EPD playtester, 5-6M for programmer.

 

[toadsage44]

Sega hired fan. It ended horribly.

It called Sonic Frontiers.

Wasn't it a fan who also made Sonic Mania for Sega and it was one of the best Sonic games they've put out in quite a while?

 

[Box]

Sega hired fan. It ended horribly.

It called Sonic Frontiers.

Didn't a fan also make Sonic Mania and that is the best rated Sonic game in decades?

 

[Box]

I gonna be honest with you.

Not much people want to get into Nintendo because their pay sucks. Like fucking 3M/a year for EPD playtester, 5-6M for programmer.

Is this yen or dollars? If it's dollars sign me up