| curl-6 said: Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War cost $700 million all the way back in 2020. Battlefield 6 reportedly cost "well north" of $400 million last year. Back in 2023, Spiderman 2 cost $315 million. These kind of insane budgets have sadly become commonplace, and it's not sustainable. |
These games can partly justify their high budgets by their huge sales potential. Gears isn't that big. I haven't done the maths but it will need to sell around 9 million copies at full price to turn profit.
The average AAA game doesn't cost this much. Ghost of Yotei cost just $60 million (maybe a $100~ with marketing) and will probably sell a lot more on PS5 alone than E-Day on all platforms. Yotei will likely hold its price much better as well.
E-Day looks amazing though. So good luck to the team.
