Uncharted's budget was...

[phil]

HappySqurriel said:

phil said:

 

According to this very site, Uncharted has sold almost 20% more than Red Steel. The numbers here put revenue for Uncharted at 72 million (assumed cost = $60) and revenue for Red Steel at 46.8 million (assumed cost = $50 just to give Red Steel the benefit of the doubt here, it's only $20 on Amazon and I distinctly recall only paying $40 for it). Subtract money for the budgets of both games, Uncharted is at 52 million, which is more than Red Steel's entire total revenue. The idea that Red Steel has done vastly better for Ubisoft than Uncharted has for Naughty Dog/Sony is clearly not true.

Return on investment ... $20 budget for uncharted gives it a profit of 250%, $12 Million budget for Red Steel gives it a profit of 290%

Uncharted also (probably) had a noticeably higher marketing budget which would further reduce its Return on investment.

 

  I'm sure that noone is crying over 250% vs 290%, especially if their overall profit was higher.  It's laughable to suggest that, compared to Uncharted, Red Steel was a gold mine.  Financially, both games have performed comparably.