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Gilgamesh on 18 July 2010
Boutros said:

lol the GT5: Prologue sales most likely paid the whole GT5 development cost, and more.


This should be minimum what they made with GT5P.

$20 (roughly what they made off each game) x 4.8 million (shipped to retailers) = 96 million.



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starcraft on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:

Wasn't GT5's budget as of the moment that was announceD?  I.e. it is substantially more now?


no the GT5 $60m was announced at the end of last year

So another year's worth of costs are not included? 

it think whats mentioned in December 2009 would have included the total till the game's release

also even if they haven't included,it would only be a couple of more millions.below $70million

And presumably, neither is it's promotional budget?

why would the promotional budget be included into the development budget




The last period of a game's development tends to be it's most expensive.  The number of developers employed peaks, as does the number of people being paid to test the game etc.

It will be interesting to see how much Sony spends marketing the game.  They could spend tens of millions.



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Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:

Wasn't GT5's budget as of the moment that was announceD?  I.e. it is substantially more now?


no the GT5 $60m was announced at the end of last year

So another year's worth of costs are not included? 

it think whats mentioned in December 2009 would have included the total till the game's release

also even if they haven't included,it would only be a couple of more millions.below $70million

And presumably, neither is it's promotional budget?

why would the promotional budget be included into the development budget




The last period of a game's development tends to be it's most expensive.  The number of developers employed peaks, as does the number of people being paid to test the game etc.

so you are saying the testers cost more than the developers themselves.........................lmao

and this isn't a normal 2 year game where the last moment alot of work is done.

It will be interesting to see how much Sony spends marketing the game.  They could spend tens of millions.

obviously they will spend tens of million.this is their biggest title.


Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
Gilgamesh said:
Boutros said:

lol the GT5: Prologue sales most likely paid the whole GT5 development cost, and more.


This should be minimum what they made with GT5P.

$20 (roughly what they made off each game) x 4.8 million (shipped to retailers) = 96 million.


around 1m was sold online so SONY took full $40



starcraft on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:

Wasn't GT5's budget as of the moment that was announceD?  I.e. it is substantially more now?


no the GT5 $60m was announced at the end of last year

So another year's worth of costs are not included? 

it think whats mentioned in December 2009 would have included the total till the game's release

also even if they haven't included,it would only be a couple of more millions.below $70million

And presumably, neither is it's promotional budget?

why would the promotional budget be included into the development budget




The last period of a game's development tends to be it's most expensive.  The number of developers employed peaks, as does the number of people being paid to test the game etc.

so you are saying the testers cost more than the developers themselves.........................lmao

and this isn't a normal 2 year game where the last moment alot of work is done.

It will be interesting to see how much Sony spends marketing the game.  They could spend tens of millions.

obviously they will spend tens of million.this is their biggest title.

As I said, and as you would have noted had you properly read my post, the largest concentration of developers AND testers is at the end of the development cycle.



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Gilgamesh on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Gilgamesh said:
Boutros said:

lol the GT5: Prologue sales most likely paid the whole GT5 development cost, and more.


This should be minimum what they made with GT5P.

$20 (roughly what they made off each game) x 4.8 million (shipped to retailers) = 96 million.


around 1m was sold online so SONY took full $40

Yeh that's why I say minimum. They made a ton off GT5P, really good investment.



Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
starcraft said:

Wasn't GT5's budget as of the moment that was announceD?  I.e. it is substantially more now?


no the GT5 $60m was announced at the end of last year

So another year's worth of costs are not included? 

it think whats mentioned in December 2009 would have included the total till the game's release

also even if they haven't included,it would only be a couple of more millions.below $70million

And presumably, neither is it's promotional budget?

why would the promotional budget be included into the development budget




The last period of a game's development tends to be it's most expensive.  The number of developers employed peaks, as does the number of people being paid to test the game etc.

so you are saying the testers cost more than the developers themselves.........................lmao

and this isn't a normal 2 year game where the last moment alot of work is done.

It will be interesting to see how much Sony spends marketing the game.  They could spend tens of millions.

obviously they will spend tens of million.this is their biggest title.

As I said, and as you would have noted had you properly read my post, the largest concentration of developers AND testers is at the end of the development cycle.

the developers remain the same when working on a project and since the project was already going on for a long time then it would have been stable for atleast last few months

also the testers are more but they don't add much to the budget



Serious_frusting on 18 July 2010

i thoguth starcraft the poster in this thred not the game got permabanned?

 

Go figure



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starcraft on 19 July 2010
Serious_frusting said:

i thoguth starcraft the poster in this thred not the game got permabanned?

 

Go figure

?

@ Solid Snake.

You appear to lack the basic understanding of the development cycle necessary for us to continue this conversation, it is likely best that we simply respect oneanother's opinions and leave it be.



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averyblund on 19 July 2010

Who cares if it only cost $10-30 million more than GT5, the interesting point is that any PC IP could be worth this much investment. Judging be the anti-PC slant of the gaming media this must be a surprise. Of course  StarCraft isn't any old PC IP. But still PC gaming is far from dying if anybody would drop this much money even on a proven IP. And lets not forget that historically RTS isn't the most expensive genre to create. Color me impressed, even with a 7 year dev. cycle.



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