Fei-Hung on 18 June 2016
| daredevil.shark said: Didn't they said they will invest $1 Billion in games in Xbox One reveal? Given their track record it's hard to believe. Plus Microsoft first party studios is the weakest among big three. |
A billion sounds like a lot, but then you realise AAA games can cost anything from $50-250 million.
I don't think games like:
Ryse, Halo5, Quantum Break, TF, RotTR, Gears, Forza's and Scalebound come cheap.
Buying or the Gears franchise alone must have cost a pretty penny let alone making the game, and if you just count costs for making the game or buying a product (timed or full exclusive), not marketing, you are still looking at over a billion in costs if Ryse, Halo 5, Gears and one Forza cost a $100mil each.
