Viper1 on 13 May 2010
| kkkasd said: I've been hearing that companys and developers arn't really making money form the gaming industry. So why make games and consoles then ? |
Speculation and poor planning.
The big, expensive game released for the HD consoles today was planned for 4-5 years ago; back when all the analysts said the HD consoles would sell 100 million units by this point.
They've committed so much money to HD console development that they cannot change course now. And most never predicted development costs to increase as high as they did. A really big game last generation would cost $10-15 million last generation (a few were even higher) but the average HD console game cost $15-20 million (with several overtwice that much).
The rEVOLution is not being televised
