makingmusic476 on 08 February 2008
| Rath said: Assuming the ~$70M figure for development tossed around by the dev of GoW2 is correct how much would it actually have to sell to break even? I mean there can't be much more than $15 in royalty per copy sold can there? In which case around 5M copies would be a minimum, of course Sony quite possibly payed towards dev costs... |
I seriously doubt the accuracy of the $70 mil. figure. That would make tie it with the most expensive game in history (Shenmue), BEFORE marketing expenses are added in. It's definitely over $50 mil. by now, but $70 mil. seems a bit too high. Even KZ2 hasn't hit that mark yet, and Sony has allowed them to make contracts with all sorts of second parties to help with lighting engines, etc., and I can guarantee you that GG aren't as good as Kojima Productions at managing a budget.
As for royalties, I've heard that the developer gets around 30-40% of the total sales revenue of a game, so that would be $20-$25 or so for every game sold at $59.99. Of course, that's just what I've heard, so don't quote me on it. :P
