The initial rumor was 100 mil for development and 100 mil for advertisement. Kevin Levine dismissed that in a tweet however, so we should probably wait and see if there is a more official statement.
"200 million for Infinite? Did someone send some checks to the wrong address?" Tweeted Levine.
nutcrackr
Because Ken would be privy to the advertising budget. He's the lead designer on the game and one of the founding members of Irrational Games. I highly doubt the publisher would not make him privy to that sort of information.
I've heard that it cost over 100 mill and is the most expensive game ever made.
can anybody confirm/deny this?
MakeMeaSammitch
Millions. Ken Levine said it was no where near $200 mllion as some site were claiming. http://www.vg247.com/2013/03/22/bioshock-infinite-cost-2k-around-200-million-analysts-say/ Ken Levine http://www.gamespot.com/news/bioshock-infinite-creative-director-denies-claims-game-cost-200-million-to-produce-and-market-6405761
"200 million for Infinite? Did someone send some checks to the wrong address?" Tweeted Levine.
Vaasman
Because Ken would be privy to the advertising budget. He's the lead designer on the game and one of the founding members of Irrational Games. I highly doubt the publisher would not make him privy to that sort of information. Even if he knew, and had asked, about the advertising budget. How would he know about the costs on 2K's end? Paying all the PR people, the QA testers, translation costs and the like. I find it highly unlikely he would know or even care about that stuff. While $200 million is probably grossly exaggerated, I don't think he could tell us an accurate figure within 1 million dollars of the total cost of the game.Â
There was rumors claiming that it had a 200m budget. BUT that was debunked when a dev responded on it. He didn't give the amount of budget but he did say no to the no. SO ya most likely 100 Million is right guess judging from other AAA titles
"200 million for Infinite? Did someone send some checks to the wrong address?" Tweeted Levine.
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20-30m LOL you really know nothing how much top blockbuster titles cost.Â
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devs price range from 40k up to 100k. Lets just claim everyone makes 50k make it simple which is most likely low for the average income. Team of 150+ Would cost 7.5 Million a year Just on salary.Â
SO 4 years for bioshock adds up to Just 30 million alone for employe salary.
Now you got to pay
benefits
insurance that runs estimated 3k Per employes which BTW will increase to estimate 5k When obamacare takes full effect
insurance for building
ELECTRICÂ bill that most likely runs wild with 200+ high power computersÂ
"200 million for Infinite? Did someone send some checks to the wrong address?" Tweeted Levine.
k2theswiss
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20-30m LOL you really know nothing how much top blockbuster titles cost.Â
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devs price range from 40k up to 100k. Lets just claim everyone makes 50k make it simple which is most likely low for the average income. Team of 150+ Would cost 7.5 Million a year Just on salary.Â
SO 4 years for bioshock adds up to Just 30 million alone for employe salary.
Now you got to pay
benefits
insurance that runs estimated 3k Per employes which BTW will increase to estimate 5k When obamacare takes full effect
insurance for building
ELECTRICÂ bill that most likely runs wild with 200+ high power computersÂ
buying all those computers
advertisingÂ
SOO many bills!
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blockbuster titles can easy cost up to 70-100M
lol But you do? Post a link where a developer confirms that their blockbuster game cost more than $100 mil to produce. Maybe you'll find one or two.
At $100-$200 mil budget we're talking about blockbuster movies budgets.
I doubt it cost that much to make, or to advertise. The figures were originally taken from a NY Times article and the article only quotes something they heard from unnamed analysts, they could have been talking about Wedbush Morgan's Pachter for all we knew.
"200 million for Infinite? Did someone send some checks to the wrong address?" Tweeted Levine.
not_wanted
Â
20-30m LOL you really know nothing how much top blockbuster titles cost.Â
Â
devs price range from 40k up to 100k. Lets just claim everyone makes 50k make it simple which is most likely low for the average income. Team of 150+ Would cost 7.5 Million a year Just on salary.Â
SO 4 years for bioshock adds up to Just 30 million alone for employe salary.
Now you got to pay
benefits
insurance that runs estimated 3k Per employes which BTW will increase to estimate 5k When obamacare takes full effect
insurance for building
ELECTRICÂ bill that most likely runs wild with 200+ high power computersÂ
buying all those computers
advertisingÂ
SOO many bills!
Â
blockbuster titles can easy cost up to 70-100M
lol But you do? Post a link where a developer confirms that their blockbuster game cost more than $100 mil to produce. Maybe you'll find one or two.
At $100-$200 mil budget we're talking about blockbuster movies budgets.
There isn't no need post links. USE your damn head
20-30m LOL you really know nothing how much top blockbuster titles cost.Â
Â
devs price range from 40k up to 100k. Lets just claim everyone makes 50k make it simple which is most likely low for the average income. Team of 150+ Would cost 7.5 Million a year Just on salary.Â
SO 4 years for bioshock adds up to Just 30 million alone for employe salary.
Now you got to pay
benefits
insurance that runs estimated 3k Per employes which BTW will increase to estimate 5k When obamacare takes full effect
insurance for building
ELECTRICÂ bill that most likely runs wild with 200+ high power computersÂ
buying all those computers
advertisingÂ
SOO many bills!
Â
blockbuster titles can easy cost up to 70-100M
k2theswiss
lol But you do? Post a link where a developer confirms that their blockbuster game cost more than $100 mil to produce. Maybe you'll find one or two.
At $100-$200 mil budget we're talking about blockbuster movies budgets.
There isn't no need post links. USE your damn head lol Why no links? Because you can't.
"blockbuster titles can easy cost up to 70-100M" Could you at least name them? lol I'm sure there are plenty as you've said.
from GTA 4 wiki page:
"Grand Theft Auto IV took over 1000 people and more than three and a half years to complete, with a total cost estimated at approximately $100 million, making it one of the most expensive games ever developed (as of 2012 only Star Wars: The Old Republic has been reported to have a higher development cost than that of Grand Theft Auto IV)
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