I can vouch for the FFIX figure. It comes straight from an interview with Sakaguchi. I would provide a link, but I have it bookmarked on my PC, and I'm currently on my sisters...

For $100 million you would think that Rockstar would be able to put out a game without any glitches. Honestly, how much do game testers cost these days?

Too Human is not 10 years in development.
It was a PS1 title which was pushed away and then rebooted ~3 years ago.
So, it definitely didn't cost that much.

As laughably expensive as GTA IV was, I still cut Rockstar some slack on this one. Sandbox games are incredibly complicated to make and eliminating the bugs is hard.

Has anybody ever put out a sandbox game that was even close to being bug-free? I haven't played one.

lol i can tell you the source

 GTA4 cost = internet rumour
 MGS4 cost = internet rumour
 Halo 3 cost = internet rumour
 Killzone 2 cost = the estimated cost of the project last year (including marketing)...
 etc.

 In the end this is article is poorly written and obviously wrong when it claims Too Human cost $80 million+ to develop. I mean sure it took 10 years -- but Silcon Knights could not spent much in the first few years of devlopment ($8million per year for a PS1 game is unheard of...), and then based on the final product i doubt they spent more than $20 million porting the game from the gamecube to the 360...

Dont you statr at 10 and go down to 1?

Ditto.

Wow, out of the games on that list that have been released I only enjoyed 2 of them. I guess a big budget doesn't ensure a quality game.

No Nintendo titles. Doesn't surprise me.

What about psychonauts