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NiKKoM on 10 November 2011

yes a lot of small things are going to be more expensive.. which will lead to a nice sum.. I don't know about you guys but I get a pay increase every year I work at the company.. so I'm guessing the normal people at the studios will also get one.. if you have a studio with 200 people a 3% increase is something you would feel.. not to mention the increased insurances for those people..

And depending on Sony if they stick to the cell or not and MS using an ARM cpu like the rumors are floating around.. a lot of people and enigines need to be re-trained and re-tooled to get everything working again..

not to forget the increase in price in paper (increase of 30% in a year) ,plastic (dvd cases) and transport which will result in a more expensive game at the retailer..



 

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Porcupine_I on 10 November 2011
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I wonder if it is cheaper to make a 2D game nowadays than a 3D one? Mario games for example. Nintendo seems to have found a way to make games on the cheap, yet make big money off of them.

Of course if it cost the same as 3D then this is not the case.

well, certainly nintendo saves a lot on voice actors


You know what? I wonder how much they actually save? Mark Hamill must charge a pretty penny to do his voices!

i don't think Mark Hammil gets much more then the average voice actor rate these days. Star Wars was a long time ago, and they don't actually advertise the games with his name.

He became "that guy who does the jokers voice."

Now he doesn't even do that anymore. They put his picture on a lot of those Star wars books as well. Wonder if he gets anything from that?

definately. i am not trying to say he is a poor man, i suppose he makes a comfortable living, probably above average compared to other actors, but nothing compared to the popular stars who are sometimes hired for hundreds of housands of dollars to speak two sentences in a pixar movie.

i would actually be interested who has a higher average wage for voice acting, him or nolan north  



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lordmandeep on 10 November 2011

Frankly the PS2 and Wii have shown us that most people do not care about epic great graphics, but care about the entertainment value.

You can have great graphics, but need to have a system that has a good price with great games.