MGS4 Japan --- First day sales

[DragonLord]

NJ5 said:

BengaBenga said:

DragonLord said:

I agree that MGS4 has HUGE development cost, but I think the rumors of $75 million are probably wrong. Most people say that KZII is one of the most expensive developments ever and it's not even close to running that high. Original reports were that KZ2 was suppose to cost around $30 million but because of poor management could end up being even more than that (some predict double--but that's still just rumor). Most say it will end up as the most expensive game ever created dethroning Shenmue.

But I guess Konami is the only one that knows its cost at this point, so who knows?

Eitherway, MGS4 was expensive and it will take a lot of games to make a profit, even if Sony absorbed some of the cost (such as marketing $$$, etc.)

FYI: GTA IV was $ 100 million.

Yeah, no way MGS4 cost $20-30 million. There were even reports of 200 people working on the game at the same time.

$20-30 million is the budget of your average PS360 game, not a mega production like MGS4.

 

Where did I say that MGS4 only cost $20 million?  I didn't.  (My personal GUESS would be around $50 million) I just said that I didn't think it cost $75 million.  Just my opinion...I could be wrong, but I'm just saying that most rumors have been penciling KZ2 in at double its original budget (which was only $30M, making it over $60M).  And by the way, KZ2 and GT5 are both rumored to have 200+ people working on their development...not that unusual on high profile games.