Munkeh111 said:
Uncharted wont have a budget anywhere near that, that is probably the budget of MGS 4, which took forever to make and would have cost far more. That budget of $60m would have been 50% greater than that of FF XIII which took 5 years and was a huge game. GT 5 would have been expensive, but nothing like that |
Even if Sony got $10 for evey copy of GT5: Prologue sold that means they haave made well over $20 million now, it would very well be near paying the full development costs of the game. All the GT5 sales could be profit so even if the rest of the first party games sold like crap (so uncharted 2, GOW 3, TRICO) it would easily cover the development costs of those games.
It simple does not add up, no way are Sony selling any of there firsty party studios. If anything they will continue to expand there firsty party studios, Sony make much more money on firsty party compared to third.