Mistwalker is about to sell 1,000,000 copies

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naznatips said:

--OkeyDokey-- said:

naznatips said:
You doubt that an Xbox 360 game was more expensive than a PS2 game? Are Wii games now more than PS3 games?

Well Gears of War cost 10 million to make, so if what you say about ps2 games costing 20-30 mill is true....

That's a PR number. Gears of War costs 10 million because Epic A) Didn't count the dev costs of their Unreal Engine 3 which believe me was not cheap and B) Obviously didn't charge themselves to use their own Engine. It's not like everyone else can use the Unreal Engine for free.

That's why they develop their own engine, to keep costs down. Do you think the development cost of Unreal Engine 3 should be counted in for every game thay make with it? Of course not, they recover those costs by licensing it to other studios, so I think it is entirely reasonable for them to leave it out. I will give you this though, 10 million does sound pretty low for a game that initially set the bar for current gen graphics.