Gears of War 2 had a $12 million development budget

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WereKitten said:

Squilliam said:
Wow, interestingly that would put the Gears 1 + 2 budget squarely under the lowest possible cost for Killzone 2!

And that comparison of yours is meaningful because externalizing engine costs comes as a new trick to you, right? :) Come on, we want more effort!

Bam!

I always assumed Gears 2 must have been relatively cheap since it wasn't a huge innovation on the first one, but wow, Epic and Microsoft really maximised profit here; very impressive.