Gears of War 2 had a $12 million development budget

[Slimebeast]

Larad said:

Slimebeast said:
I refuse to believe Gears 2 only cost $12 million.

I estimate $150,000 x 60 people x 2 years = $18 million minimum, which doesn't include engine licensing(since it's in-house) or marketing. A $18 million budget should roughly cover other small middle-ware licenses and China outsourcing though.

Devs are paid 50 grand on average not 150.

In Ukraine maybe, but not for Western games.

Salary to each guy is 70-80k :

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23264

But in effect you can double that number because lots of other costs are associated with every employee other than the direct salary.

See my post above to JEDE.