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Polyphony Digital chief Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that Gran Turismo 5 cost a meaty $60 million to make.
"There are other games that cost more," Yamauchi told AutoWeek. "Considering the size and scale of the game, I think it's probably a fairly small amount."
Presumably a large portion of those funds were spent on developing the PlayStation 3 engine - a cost that could be considerably trimmed for a next instalment on the same hardware.
Gran Turismo 5 sits among pricey company. Too Human and Grand Theft Auto IV are reported to have cost around $100m to make, while Shenmue had a budget of $70m.
Infinity Ward spokesperson Robert Bowling said recently that Activision had thrown a "ridiculous budget" at Modern Warfare 2, although no specific numbers were revealed.
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alimokrane
06/11/09 @ 09:15
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The piece of junk that is Too Human cost $100m ???? Good Lord!!!!
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Rumpy Stumpy
06/11/09 @ 09:15
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Wow big AAA flagship title in development for years costs lots, but not as much as others shock.....
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GamesConnoisseur
06/11/09 @ 09:31
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$60m over 5 years was it? $12m per year and if that the costs so far... Release date expected next autumn? One more year bill to add on?
Sure not the most expensive game.... but who wanna bet that it gonna be the most expensive car racing game evar?! |
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@alimokrane, "The piece of junk that is Too Human cost $100m ????"
Well, to be fair it was in development for 8 or 9 years and 3 different platforms. That's gotta all add up ;) Edit: Also, I believe the $100m figure came directly from Dennis Dyack, who is not exactly the most trustworthy figure. He could have said it cost £7.40 and a Yorkie and it would be just as believable. Well, as long as it's a Raisin and Biscuit Yorkie, anyway.
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The Bodybuilder
06/11/09 @ 09:45
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YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!
Sorry, I get excited whenever shenmue is mentioned. |
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@Anthony_Daniels
Stop talking out your arse mate. People with MUCH more knowledge than you about such things think a little more open-mindedly... http://www.metacritic.com/games/platform... |
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Well they could afford it, after all this would have been partially funded from the profits from GT5 Prologue, besides this game like Halo will be bought regardless of what the reviews say... Now they've seen what Turn 10 have done they will have to out sim it, lets hope they make the AI at the least comparable to Forza
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RedSparrows
06/11/09 @ 11:05
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Too Human was good, despite its flaws. $100 mill is insanity. Poor/silly SK. Torrid development + bad choices.
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$60 shows that PD have developed engine from scratch which will helped reduce dev time on future versions and reproduce high profit just like Guerilla with Killzone engine and ND with UC engine!!
If Sony reuse the cell next time round then this will also help these devs with minimising dev costs imo As for Unreal engine it was a great engine but can look very dated in the hands if the wring developers I think PD will make there money back if 4m sales of GT5p are anything to go by as install base is bigger and is growing |
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farticusmaximus
06/11/09 @ 11:52
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"$60m dev costs = 1 million copies sold to break even." = economics fail.
Please tell me you don't think that PD will recoup $60 per copy sold... my face is sore from all the palming I've had to do already this morning. I'm sure PD will make thier investment back, but I'd wager they need closer to 4 million sales to achieve that. Whether what Sony will spend/have spent on consultation, advertising, distribution, etc is included in that costing I do not know, but could add a sizeable percentage to the overall cost.
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Nice ,I am anxiously waiting to fork out some 60-70 euros to play this 60 million dollar game!
PD arent exactly newcomers ,now that they have seen whats Forza 3 about they are maniacally reworking the phisics and collision models of Gt5 to assure its a step up FM3 in all the measurable categories. This will be the best racer ever in my opinion ....until GT6 arrives that is. |
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I can't see it not making a profit though I question the assertion that "Presumably a large portion of those funds were spent on developing the PlayStation 3 engine" from the main article. I would expect much more to have gone towards artwork, modelling etc. The core reusable engine wouldn't have been a "large portion" of the $60m.
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nightstorm101
06/11/09 @ 12:56
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Shenmue was worth every dollar!
Now if only they could save up enough to finish the story! |
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Darren: "Admittedly Forza 3 doesn't look especially photo-realistic - which is why Digital Foundry's claim that it's the best-looking 360 racer surprised me, surely GRID or PGR 4 fit that bill better?"
Photo-realism isn't suitable for racing games, or any fast games for that matter. They need fast frame rates and high resolutions, not 'cinematic' effects like motion blur, bloom, vignettes and depth of field that get in the way of being able to see the track, signs and opponents clearly. Plus blurring can cause eye-strain in games that require players to concentrate on the screen for several minutes without a break. Forza 3's visuals, and those of some other racing games that don't quite look 'next-gen' like Ridge Racer 6 and 7 but run at 60fps, are actually ideal. |
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man.the.king
07/11/09 @ 07:31
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I think Donnie's back :) . I guess you can keep a dedicated idiot down for a while, but not out. Anyway, hopefully in the future we will see more of his gems - I was especially tickled pink the time he compared himself to Jesus and Nelson Mandela.
ON-TOPIC: I certainly hope we get to see where all that money went when we get to play GT5, whenever that happens.
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