| Acevil said: Development cost won't go up, but Budgets will, and after a set of screw ups, they will go down with a couple of companies becoming stronger and a couple of companies becoming weaker. |
Well said. The budgets for big blockbuster games are going to keep on increasing. Got this from gameinformers coverage of Destiny. (http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=1)
"The scope of Destiny is suitably impressive to warrant its presumptive role as a flag-bearer for next-generation software. That scope is still a work in progress, with months of work ahead that will determine its success. However, Bungie certainly has the groundwork in place. Nearly 500 developers now call Bungie home, all working together over the last five years to make Destiny a reality. The art team alone is pushing 150 individuals. This level of investment of resources and manpower would have been unheard of in the gaming industry just a few short years ago, but it’s necessary to redefine expectations for an online-enabled shooter. "
Someone's got to pay all those developers and five years is a long time. Also nearly 150 people working on art direction alone. God damn.
