Psychonauts Dev to Regain Sole Publishing Rights

[DustyDrB]

But...Raz is dead. He never made it out of Wonderland.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Well that's great news because everybody bought Psychonauts... a sum total of eleven people.

 

[Denamic]

I'm rebuying this once they have the rights.

 

[WarpZone]

This may be a stupid question, but why do you need a "publisher" in the first place if you're just going to release the game on Steam, XBLA, PSN, and other online distribution networks? Indies and small developers publish games through these services all the freaking time. What role does a publisher have in this process?