Modern Warfare 2 cost revealed

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Slimebeast said:

I think people do take these publically revealed budget figures too literally. It's no use to over-analyze it like they do.

If they say $40 mill for MW2 it could as well be $30 mill or $50 mill. If they say $30 mill Uncharted it could be $40 mill, Gears of War $12 mill could be $20 mill and GT5 $60 mill could be $90 mill.

I agree in principle, but when you get a quote that says 40 to 50 then normally you know the number must be in that range.  You don't say 40 to 50 when you mean 30 or 60, if you see what I mean.

Unless the quote is simply being silly then it has to be between 40 to 50.  Also, some developers have been pretty explicit, ND for example, so I see no reason to assume Uncharted games cost much more or less than they've released.

Whichever way you cut it, MW2 is a money machine whether it cost 40 or 80 million - I'm just surprised at the cost vs the game, kind of like seeing Star Trek and seeing the budget was $150 million.  I mean, the ships, etc. looked expensive, but almost all the interiors were in a Budwiser plant, so I just wonder where the heck all the money went.  Same principle for MW2 - I compare it to my copy of MW and wonder where approx $40 million went.