007 First Light took 7 years and $200 million to make; sold 1.5m in its first 24 hours

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Mar1217 said:

I wonder if the IP licensing right are also evaluated into the development cost here ? Prolly cost them a fair penny

Yeah I imagine the Bond license wasn't cheap.

Darwinianevolution said:

Genuinely puzzled at the 7 years development cycle. I wonder how much of that was due to licensing issues.

AAA games just take forever in general these days, 5+ years has been the norm this gen.