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Star Citizen Overtakes GTA 5 as Third Most Expensive Game to Develop
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valkillmore
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Life
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
DarkLordMalik
Member
Is it going to deliver on its lofty promises like GTA V did, or just crash and burn?
We will find out once it releases.
We will find out once it releases.
James Scott
Banned
Wasn't Destiny like 500 million for the whole franchise or something? Though I imagine if it's only $2 million away it could surpass it by its launch when mixed with the marketing budget.
John Kowalski
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Frog Fractions 2
Conkerkid11
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Modern Warfare 2
Dunno why we got that terrible article rather than just a link to this: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop
Edit: Err... I guess the title of the thread is specifically about dev cost.
fly high ~ayunite~
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Its going to suck for everyone involved once Star Citizen is finally released.
How!?
Elitist1945
Member
Probably the insane marketing.
valkillmore
Member
I played the open demo or whatever it was and yes, it sucked. Clumsy controls, boring gameplay & was left with a feeling I never wanted to return to it.
Cozmogramma
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This is only including development.
Edit: Or not? Looked at the wikiwand list and it said otherwise.
Conkerkid11
Member
The actual answer if we're talking dev cost is Star Wars: The Old Republic, which cost $200 million to make, compared to second place which is Destiny at $140 million.
Most of Modern Warfare 2 was marketing.
I thought that was already debunked. The 500M price tag was over the course of the project and post release plus marketing?
QuantumSquid
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I'm almost certain Star Citizen won't turn out as well as GTA 5 did.
They're throwing inflation into the mix, which makes no sense for global products, unless you have detailed breakdowns of the marketing and development budgets by country.
Modern Warfare 2 was a $50M game with a $200M marketing campaign. GTA5 development + Marketing was more.
Conkerkid11
Member
Regardless, Destiny's dev cost was $140 million, while GTA V's was $137 million.
Why? The game is really fun so far.
valkillmore
Member
I am 100% certain it will not.
MW2 was the most expensive game if you consider marketing. Development cost was just USD 50 million.
Most expensive to develop seems to have been SWTOR at 200 million
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop
EDIT: so late.
Doesn't matter, we are now taking the amount of what a game "made" before release as its budget, so 500M is now the development budget for destiny, this is how development budgets work, at least according to the article.
Can only imagine the development budget of WoW expansions, what with all those insane numbers of pre-orders.
WoW's to-date development, marketing and running costs are well over $1B.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
I doubt they care, it's not like it's their money they are spending.
NoFaceNico
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Can't wait for it to overtake No Man's Sky in a different category.
Head.spawn
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I really don't get how the conclusion is drawn.
Just because they have that much money available for funding does not mean they have used all of it or even half of it yet. You would need actual word from them on how much has been used; I'd be really surprised if they have used the full $138 million... I'd reckon they will finish the product with money to blow on other expenses.
Just because they have that much money available for funding does not mean they have used all of it or even half of it yet. You would need actual word from them on how much has been used; I'd be really surprised if they have used the full $138 million... I'd reckon they will finish the product with money to blow on other expenses.
Yeah, CIG developers do not care about game they are making ...
The shitposting in those threads is always off the charts ;/
Thor : The Dark World.
jediyoshi
Member
Can you give a completely subtle, not coded hint as to which outcome will get your loins rustling more?
I'd like to hear your reasoning for such certainty.
They don't care so much, that they work long hours, work crunch periods. Nah, they're just spinning their wheels draining that money before they move on.
It is some site that nobody has ever heard of. What do you expect? Journalistic training? Integrity? Accuracy?
Nah. The headline is all that counts. They will eventually spend it but this also reflects the general poor understanding of a crowdfunded model.
Back-In-Black
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Geez, the marketing budget for MW2 was 4x the development costs. Still, I guess they made their money back and then some in the end.
SomedayTheFire
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Wtf Deadpool
From the article:
"Note: It has been a subject of debate as to whether or not the $138 million represents the true value of costs related to the game’s development. According to Chris Roberts in a 2014 interview, all money raised through crowdfunding is directly invested in developing the game, with targets being updated accordingly. This is reinforced in a November 2015 video (4:45)."
Therefore this is how much it's actually cost so far...? Heh
If it was that easy people wouldn't be out there trying to make estimates based on dev numbers and average salaries.
"Note: It has been a subject of debate as to whether or not the $138 million represents the true value of costs related to the game’s development. According to Chris Roberts in a 2014 interview, all money raised through crowdfunding is directly invested in developing the game, with targets being updated accordingly. This is reinforced in a November 2015 video (4:45)."
Therefore this is how much it's actually cost so far...? Heh
If it was that easy people wouldn't be out there trying to make estimates based on dev numbers and average salaries.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Probably because GTA5 was a focused product with an actual definition, while Star Citizen is a bunch of wishes and dreams.
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