What a lot of people don't seem to understand here is the actual cost of making a game. The cost of licencing the software, the graphics engine, the cost to have their devs code the game, the cost of having someone develop the in game world visually, the cost of mocap, the cost of voice actors, etc....Last of Us 2 cost $100 M or more to make. Just to recoup the cost of making the game they have to sell I would say, at least 2-3 M copies of the game before they even see a profit off the game, because they still have to pay off distributors, investors, publishers, and everyone else that help bring the game to the world before the game developers get any thing. Don't forget, even digital copies have a shelving cost to. And now with the new gen consoles, these dev costs are going to increase even more. So a increase in the price of a game of $10 is more than reasonable and probably over due.
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Re: God of War Director Prefers PS5 Price Increases Over Microtransaction Hellscape
What a lot of people don't seem to understand here is the actual cost of making a game. The cost of licencing the software, the graphics engine, the cost to have their devs code the game, the cost of having someone develop the in game world visually, the cost of mocap, the cost of voice actors, etc....Last of Us 2 cost $100 M or more to make. Just to recoup the cost of making the game they have to sell I would say, at least 2-3 M copies of the game before they even see a profit off the game, because they still have to pay off distributors, investors, publishers, and everyone else that help bring the game to the world before the game developers get any thing. Don't forget, even digital copies have a shelving cost to. And now with the new gen consoles, these dev costs are going to increase even more. So a increase in the price of a game of $10 is more than reasonable and probably over due.