http://gamasutra.com/view/news/187602/Whats_holding_back_Crysis_3.php
Crysis 1 cost $22 million.
He notes that Crysis 3 has triple the budget of the original game in the franchise -- a budget it can only get thanks to the fact that it's multiplatform. But that creates limitations.
"The consoles are eight year old devices. Of course, in one way or another, they will limit you. It's impossible not to limited by a limited console. By definition it's the case. So if it were PC only, could we have done more things? Certainly, yes. Could we have afforded a budge to make a game like Crysis 3 PC only? No. People have to understand that this is a journey of give and take."
Crysis 1 cost $22 million.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/19/gc-2008-crysis-cost-22-million-to-makeCEO and President of game developer Crytek said Crysis cost 15 million Euros (22 million USD) to develop during a panel about the future of gaming graphics at the Games Convention Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany