With this recent talk of indie vs. corporate, I honestly fail to see any reason to work with a corporation on a creative product beyond just the IP catalog (whether that being using it or getting inducted into it). Like, at most you get more marketing, but most corporations pay on commission instead of royalties so you're not particularly impacted by the marketing one way or the other. Otherwise, you don't keep the IP, you can't talk about your time at work in depth, you're beholden to strict schedules, and don't even get me started on those focus groups. Even the upside of having someone else handle budget is negated when corporations don't like working with people who don't have established portfolios. I dunno, maybe someone with better corporate know-how can well-actually me on this.