Starcraft II cost $100 million to make

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Solid_Snake4RD said:

starcraft said:

Solid_Snake4RD said:

starcraft said:

Wasn't GT5's budget as of the moment that was announceD?  I.e. it is substantially more now?

no the GT5 $60m was announced at the end of last year

So another year's worth of costs are not included? 

it think whats mentioned in December 2009 would have included the total till the game's release

also even if they haven't included,it would only be a couple of more millions.below $70million

And presumably, neither is it's promotional budget?

why would the promotional budget be included into the development budget

The last period of a game's development tends to be it's most expensive.  The number of developers employed peaks, as does the number of people being paid to test the game etc.

It will be interesting to see how much Sony spends marketing the game.  They could spend tens of millions.