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G2ThaUNiT said:

Jez Cordon is confirming Kotaku's reporting that The Coalition had an INSANE $500 million budget with E-Day. However, he also points out that everything The Coalition has created over the last 7 years was built from scratch, so it all will be used in their next game. Something that the head of the studio seemingly confirmed when he said their next game will not take nearly as long since they have all the tools they need now.

So it gets more unclear on the financing side since we don't know how much of that insane budget goes towards all the tools and assets, and how much of the budget was on the production of the game itself. Since all the tools and assets are already completed, E-Day 2, or whatever they make next, could have a substantially smaller budget and wouldn't need to take another 7 years to make.

Still, what an insane time we're in for AAA development.

If the character assets, weapons, animations, etc are all brought over that would save a ton of time and money. Sure tweak some things and add new weapons. But an E-Day 2 doesn't need better visuals than what we got. 

A sequel would still likely cost $200M to $300M and take 3 or 4 years.