“Certain” AAA IP Needs 10 Million Copies to Break Even says

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BeElite said:

superchunk said:
I'm telling you. Its watch_dogs.

Multplatform to the n-th degree.
Whole new engine.
Extremely defined open-world where AI is unique to everything. Far more than GTA.

if you count the cost of developing the game engine maybe, but why would any one be stupid enougth to factor that cost into a single game.

Why would any game cost that much without including the game engine?

This engine was built for this game. Sure it will likely be used on future games, but this is what it was built for.