Killzone 2 fails to crack 1 million units in US

[NJ5]

Max King of the Wild said:

NJ5 said:

outlawauron said:
Is 100k really the average? What about all the testers, etc. I know they make <40k a year.

$100k is the whole cost of having a person on a team, not just the salary. Look at the graph from Factor 5 with development costs:

http://i32.tinypic.com/10glffn.jpg

100-people teams make a game for around $20 million, and this is most likely for games which are developed in 18-24 months, not the ones which are developed for very long like Killzone 2.

 

100 man teams = 20mil... yet 120 man teams = 40mil... and... what game has 1.5 year dev time (no hand held)

There are several studios which release one game every 18-24 months.