| Doobie_wop said: If 3D Dot Game Heroes can profit at 25,000 copies sold, if Demons Soul's can profit at 170,000 units sold and if Vanquish can be developed for 5 million dollars (If Jeremiah Slackza of Scribblenauts fame can be believed), then I'm sure the average cost for a HD game is much lower than $20 million US dollars. Maybe it's just America, because we've seen that Japan can make games that turn profits at low sell throughs (Saw, Nier, Demons Soul's), Eastern Europe can do the same, China has had some recent success (Spicybox as an example) and I'm sure Canada ain't that bad either. |
its depends on size and employment numbers. Since Employment costs are the biggest when it comes to developmenting games (probably 70% of the games cost). If you are developing an small game with an small team then the costs will be lower while developing an big game with big teams, its the other end. Then you factor in the payments of those employees and the location. For example if the pubisher is based in the US and funded an game in an currency where 1 USD = 2 dollar of that nations, then the development costs for the publisher is half that of an US made game.
Of Course That's Just My Opinion, I Could Be Wrong
