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BossPuma on 09 July 2013
Ssenkahdavic said:
BossPuma said:
Ssenkahdavic said:

This is insane. 10 million would make sense for COD or maybe Halo (tho neither is a new IP...eh Destiny or Titanfall maybe?).


Man what the hell makes a game cost THAT MUCH?


MMO's cost a shit ton of money, so i think its Destiny or The Devition

Shit, I would love to see the breakdown on whatever game it is to see just how badly someone wasted their fucking money.  That is insane.


Those games are very graphically intensive as well. Activition said that Destiny is the most money they have ever put into a new IP



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oni-link on 09 July 2013

Makes sense seeing how ZombiU wasn't profitable with ~500K copies sold!!! These new games for the PS4 look a lot more complicated and open world than ZU; so I would assume the cost would be at least 4x as much than a game!!! Oh well, at least Intelligent Systems gave us a rough estimate for a game to be profitable for the Wii U (non-port) is 700K.



NiKKoM on 09 July 2013

Besides Destiny I would go for Disney Infinity.. That skylanders clone.. The amount of development but later on the amount of marketing will be gigantic..



 

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UltimateUnknown on 09 July 2013

No game that I saw at E3 looked like it was worth THAT much money. So I'm lost. Watch dogs might be close since it took Ubi 5 years to develop, but even then 10 million copies to break even is downright ridiculous.



 

Attoyou on 09 July 2013

Sounds like bullshit to me. Only game that could come close to that is GTAV and its not new and wasn't at e3. No way Destiny or Titanfall cost that much.



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chapset on 09 July 2013

probably watch dogs I mean it's on ps3/xbox360/wii U/ and the next gen consoles ps4/X1 and pc can't be cheap porting that game on so many consoles



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BossPuma on 09 July 2013
spurgeonryan said:
GTAV or The Last of US. Or Pikmin 3, it was in development for many years!


There is no way Pikmin 3 needs to sell that much. Nintendo is actually really good at budget managing and dont set their expectations too high on anything that isnt Mario or Zelda



enditall727 on 09 July 2013

I dont believe this

It has to be a misunderstanding

Destiny seems to be the biggest game. it must be the game he is talking about

 

Is it even possible for any dev to make a game right now that would need to hit 10 mill?



haxxiy on 09 July 2013

Sounds like usual Cliffy BS to me, but if there's a hint of truth, yeah, it's either Destiny or Watch Dogs as most people are already saying. I doubt TLOU or Titanfall were anywhere close to the budget or expectations of those two.



 

 

 

 

 

riderz13371 on 09 July 2013

Honestly Activision is crazy if they think Destiny will sell 10 million copies as a new IP. Just because you put "From the creators of Halo" and "the publishers of Call of Duty" doesn't guarantee you 10 million in sales...FOR A NEW IP!!!

I'm honestly leaning towards Destiny with this, simply because I know Activision is crazy...