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Onyxmeth on 08 September 2008
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shio said:
Resident_Hazard said:
This generation was almost prohibitively expensive, but so long as it lasts at least 2-4 years longer than any previous generation, things will be okay.

Hell, if you're developing an ultra-high-tech title for PC, how is that really that much cheaper to develop than if it's on Xbox360 or PS3? At least on the consoles you know that the game will run on the hardware all your customers own.

Crysis - $22 millions budget

Halo 3 - over $40 millions budget

MGS4 - over $70 millions budget

 

I hope that's only development costs and you aren't seriously comparing two console games with immense marketing budgets to a PC game that received a minimal one. I don't remember seeing Crysis Mountain Dew and Slurpee cups among other things which probably ate very heavily into that 40 million figure.

BTW, I'm not saying you're incorrect. It was just not a good comparison.

Aren't most console games created on a PC anyways? So wouldn't the costs be similar?

 



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