The witcher 3 development costs

[SvennoJ]

This is an interesting article about TW3 development budget
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/how-much-did-the-witcher-3-cost

Estimated at about $32 million production cost, a bit cheaper than most AAA titles yet
we have the annual Game Developer Salary Survey over at Gamasutra. For the U.S. in 2013, game developers made an average of $83,060, while Canadian devs made $71,445. Develop ran its own UK salary survey, coming up with an average salary of £29,358 ($46,591 at the time). Polski GameDev offered up its own infographic showing local salaries broken down job type. The average salary overall? 4,458 zł per month ($1,446 per month at the time). Total annual average salary? $17,352.

A lot easier to make a profit in Poland if the wages are only 25% of that of a NA studio.

Btw comparing it with the most expensive video game to data GTA5 is not the best way to go. Apparently TW3 cost a bit more than Crisis 3 and Watch dogs according to the above article.