What is the production Cost of Final Fantasy XIII?

[outlawauron]

Kasz216 said:

outlawauron said:

Kasz216 said:

outlawauron said:

Solid_Snake4RD said:

outlawauron said:
Well, Final Fantasy 12 cost $40 million with a crazy long development time. I imagine that it's somewhere between $40-60 million.

well companring this to Final Fantasy 12 won't be right as it wasn't HD and FF13 has been in develpment since FF10

No it has not been in development for 8 years. That's a huge load of BS.

 

And what makes HD games cost more than last generation? They require more time to make and larger teams to work with. The main cost there is salaries. I highly doubt the size of the team changed all the much and the development times aren't too different.

While I think it's definitely more expensive, it's a possibility that they're not far apart.

I coudn't disagree more.

I mean, how else do you think they made all those new graphical assets.

Either expanding the team or having it work longer.

Keep in mind they brought other teams off their projects to work on FF13.

And the serious work on Final Fantasy XIII wasn't started until later on in development. 

Which is largely irrevent... since it takes MANY more hours to create HD content then corresponding SD content.

There is no way the game cost the same.

Look at the Gran Turismo games for example.

Look, I'm not saying it cost less, but just that I don't expect it to be double Final Fantasy XII or anything like that. 40-60 million seems pretty reasonable to me.