Barozi said:
Busted said:
Slimebeast said:
It's easy to say in hindsight that the game wouldn't become a success.
But at the time everybody thought it would sell fairly well. 1-1.5 million was probably a reasonable target lifetime (some copies at discount) and upside was +2 million.
Probably it cost $20 million. All AAA games cost at least $20 million. That requires 1 million copies at full price to break even.
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Agree with you but ZombiU is an AAA game? right...
and i don't think $20m comes close, any AAA costs at least three times that
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That's not true at all.
$60m would be in the top ten of most expensive games.
Uncharted 1 and 2 are $20m each
Gears of War was $10m, Gears of War 2 was $12m
Crysis was $22m
Most AAA games should be around $30m.
BUT if it's a multiplat release, then it should definitely cost more. *doesn't want to know Watch Dogs' budget*
ZombiU could very well be at $15m. Even serious Wii games (serious = non-shovelware) approach $10m, so $15-20m is definitely a reasonable estimation.
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Not to mention there are several PS1 and PS2 Final Fantasies that cost over 30-40 million to make.
