What are the estimates for development costs for games like Halo, Assassin's Creed, COD

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happydolphin on 01 December 2012

Salnax said:
Apparently, people generally agree that Halo 3 cost $60 million.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/25/spencer-halo-4-is-microsofts-most-expensive-game/

Modern Warfare 2 cost $40 to $50 million.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2009/11/-video-game-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-gets-hollywoodscale-launch.html

Assassin's Creed 2 cost about $24 million

http://forums.qj.net/xbox-360-reviews/151759-assassins-creed-2-budget-bigger-than-originals.html

Hope that helps!

Nice, I did not see this, thanks!

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DieAppleDie on 01 December 2012

I think it was said somewhere that standard HD games needed 300k units sold to break even

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