Gears of War 2 had a $12 million development budget

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piggychan said:

superchunk said:
That's because it used all the tools of Gears 1.

Benefit of being a sequel with minor changes, why do you think EA makes yearly sports titles.

1st version costs a lot, subsequent version probably less than 1/2 the cost.

Granted, this means they don't rewrite engines, etc. Minor overall enhancements.

 

 

according to Kotaku first game cost less than 10 mill to make:

http://kotaku.com/234504/gears-of-war-a-mere-10-million-to-make

Well, if they are not including any of the R&D for the engine in these games, I'd hate to see the cost to make the game where it is all lobbed on.

Personally, I think they are simply shifting costs. Granted, Gears wasn't the first game made on that engine, so its probably a moot point.