NJ5 on 08 February 2009
Gears of War is an outlier... Its cost is deceptively low as it doesn't include the megaton of man hours invested into making the Unreal Engine. Most teams have to either make an engine from scratch (expensive) or license one which costs a lot. Another possibility is adapting an older engine, but that's a lot of work too.
Epic also outsourced some work to China which most developers don't do AFAIK.
My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957
