Starcraft II cost $100 million to make

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4 total messages Started by MetalGuru Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:23

#715977

Author: MetalGuru
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:23

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"The report [on the Wall Street journal] stated the $100 million was purely 
development price and made no mention of marketing expenditures. That lofty 
figure well exceeds Gran Turismo 5's $60 million development cost, one of 
the most expensive video games to date."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6269369.html

I thought GTA4 had cost about that much as well, I'm probably misremembering 
the actual figure.

Re: Starcraft II cost $100 million to make

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Author: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:23:21 -0400, "MetalGuru" <someone@email.com>
wrote:

>"The report [on the Wall Street journal] stated the $100 million was purely 
>development price and made no mention of marketing expenditures. That lofty 
>figure well exceeds Gran Turismo 5's $60 million development cost, one of 
>the most expensive video games to date."
>
>http://www.gamespot.com/news/6269369.html
>
>I thought GTA4 had cost about that much as well, I'm probably misremembering 
>the actual figure. 
>
The hundred million figure is tossed around, but it seems to stem from
an interview with Leslie Benzies (GTA4's producer) who, "hasn't a clue
how much GTA IV has cost to make but hazards a guess at $100m".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3821838.ece

Re: Starcraft II cost $100 million to make

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Author: Insane Ranter
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:26

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On Jul 19, 7:00 am, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgen...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:23:21 -0400, "MetalGuru" <some...@email.com>
> wrote:
>
> >"The report [on the Wall Street journal] stated the $100 million was purely
> >development price and made no mention of marketing expenditures. That lofty
> >figure well exceeds Gran Turismo 5's $60 million development cost, one of
> >the most expensive video games to date."
>
> >http://www.gamespot.com/news/6269369.html
>
> >I thought GTA4 had cost about that much as well, I'm probably misremembering
> >the actual figure.
>
> The hundred million figure is tossed around, but it seems to stem from
> an interview with Leslie Benzies (GTA4's producer) who, "hasn't a clue
> how much GTA IV has cost to make but hazards a guess at $100m".http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3821838.ece

Now we see where all the World of Warcraft money went!

Re: Starcraft II cost $100 million to make

#715980

Author: Jim
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:38

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"Insane Ranter" <logwyn@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ff487aba-39c1-4414-b525-56c96b74db95@w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>Now we see where all the World of Warcraft money went!
They make more than that in a month on WoW (11.5 mill subs*$15=$172,500,000)
100 mill is a bit much IMO.  They gfx aren't exactly great and the engine is 
likely just updated Warcraft 3.  Even if they went Pixar on the cutscenes. 
Unless they spent a lot of "overtime" "balancing the game" while letting 
Bobby pay for the pizzas and soda.

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