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oldschoolfool on 21 February 2010

I want a 250 million dollar game. How about that. lol



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Slimebeast on 21 February 2010
psrock said:
# Grand Theft Auto IV - $100 million [1]
# Shenmue - $70 million [2]
# Too Human - $80-100 million
# Tom Clancy - $50 million [3]
# Metal Gear Solid 4 - $50-$70 million (rumor)
# Halo 3 - over $30M, about $60M including promotional costs
# Killzone 2 - ~$40-$60M [4][5][6]
# APB MMO - $50 million budget [7]
# Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - $40-50 million [8]
# Final Fantasy XII: $35 Million
# Tom Clancy MMO - $50 million budget [9]
# Final Fantasy IX - $40M [10]
# Stranglehold - $30m [11]
# Assassin's Creed 2 - $24m [12]
# Crysis - $22m [13]
# Assassin's Creed - $20m [14]
# Lost Planet - $20m to develop, $20m to promote [15]
# Crackdown - $20 million [16]
# Ghostbusters - $15-$20 million[17]
# Half-Life episodes - $12 million each [18]
# Red Steel - $12 million [19]



# Sam & Max episode 1 - $400,000 [20]
# Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 - $1 million and 18 months of development [21]
# World of Goo - $96,000 for development[22]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_video_games

I really don't know where they get these numbers though.
# Braid - 200K [23]
# Left 4 Dead - marketing cost = $10 million [

LOL!

Besides the awful AC numbers the list is good though.



psrock on 21 February 2010
oldschoolfool said:
I want a 250 million dollar game. How about that. lol

I heard Sony was making a new version of Titanic as a video game.

 



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psrock on 21 February 2010
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
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# Sam & Max episode 1 - $400,000 [20]
# Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 - $1 million and 18 months of development [21]
# World of Goo - $96,000 for development[22]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_video_games

I really don't know where they get these numbers though.
# Braid - 200K [23]
# Left 4 Dead - marketing cost = $10 million [

LOL!

Besides the awful AC numbers the list is good though.

To be fair, they already had the engine and took less time to make, I can see UC2 being that cheap.

I also expect Killzone 3 to be much cheaper than Killzone 2.



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Slimebeast on 21 February 2010
psrock said:
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
#


# Sam & Max episode 1 - $400,000 [20]
# Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 - $1 million and 18 months of development [21]
# World of Goo - $96,000 for development[22]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_video_games

I really don't know where they get these numbers though.
# Braid - 200K [23]
# Left 4 Dead - marketing cost = $10 million [

LOL!

Besides the awful AC numbers the list is good though.

To be fair, they already had the engine and took less time to make, I can see UC2 being that cheap.

I also expect Killzone 3 to be much cheaper than Killzone 2.

Ubisoft made a brand new engine for Assassin's Creed. And it's already confirmed by Guillemot that AC2 cost 20% more than AC1.

Both the actual Assassin's Creed game budget numbers on that list, $20mill and $24 mill respectively, are totally false though and the source they refer to is worthless.



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psrock on 21 February 2010
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
#


# Sam & Max episode 1 - $400,000 [20]
# Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 - $1 million and 18 months of development [21]
# World of Goo - $96,000 for development[22]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_video_games

I really don't know where they get these numbers though.
# Braid - 200K [23]
# Left 4 Dead - marketing cost = $10 million [

LOL!

Besides the awful AC numbers the list is good though.

To be fair, they already had the engine and took less time to make, I can see UC2 being that cheap.

I also expect Killzone 3 to be much cheaper than Killzone 2.

Ubisoft made a brand new engine for Assassin's Creed. And it's already confirmed by Guillemot that AC2 cost 20% more than AC1.

Both the actual Assassin's Creed game budget numbers on that list, $20mill and $24 mill respectively, are totally false though and the source they refer to is worthless.

where did he say that?

I didnt know they created a new engine for AC2.



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Slimebeast on 21 February 2010
psrock said:
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
Slimebeast said:
psrock said:
#


# Sam & Max episode 1 - $400,000 [20]
# Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 - $1 million and 18 months of development [21]
# World of Goo - $96,000 for development[22]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_video_games

I really don't know where they get these numbers though.
# Braid - 200K [23]
# Left 4 Dead - marketing cost = $10 million [

LOL!

Besides the awful AC numbers the list is good though.

To be fair, they already had the engine and took less time to make, I can see UC2 being that cheap.

I also expect Killzone 3 to be much cheaper than Killzone 2.

Ubisoft made a brand new engine for Assassin's Creed. And it's already confirmed by Guillemot that AC2 cost 20% more than AC1.

Both the actual Assassin's Creed game budget numbers on that list, $20mill and $24 mill respectively, are totally false though and the source they refer to is worthless.

where did he say that?

I didnt know they created a new engine for AC2.

List of games using Anvil engine

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Slimebeast on 21 February 2010

"According to Guillemot, the Assassin's Creed sequel will have a budget roughly 20 percent bigger than the original game. With a production budget well beyond US 20 million, Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) used to be the biggest-budgeted game that Ubisoft ever made"

http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/se7ensins-homepage/133099-assassins-creed-2-budget-bigger-than-originals.html

Disregard the $20 million number though because that comes not from Guillemot's mouth.



NJ5 on 21 February 2010

Ubisoft said there were 450 people working on AC2:

http://kotaku.com/5260424/assassins-creed-iis-team-has-tripled

I know it was probably not full-time workers, but I highly doubt this game had an average budget.



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Naum on 21 February 2010

Not a single Nintendo game, wow wonder how much they haver ever spent on one game including advertising.



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