Malstrom: The industry's hostility against Nintendo

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LordTheNightKnight said:

Alterego-X said:

SaviorX said:

GTA4 cost over $100 million to produce, I know that for a fact.

I believe the figure thrown around for MGS4 was $40 million. But back in the PS2 days, an MGS probably never ventured past $25m. The first MGS on the PS1 cost $8m to advertise.

Moder Warefare 2 costs $200 million, and I would be surprised if it would outsell GTA IV on the long run.

That was the marketing. The development cost was just 40-50. But that's still a hell of a lot compared to Mario Galaxy and Red Steel.

I'm pretty sure that the other well known production costs (above), also included marketing.

 

SaviorX said:

Wait, what?

How could Activision spend $150 million on advertising?

I don't know, but this is exactly what they said. 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-duty18-2009nov18,0,5238209.story