^read somewhere that suzuki said that the budget was 45 million for the game ( s )
it ballooned to 70 million with marketing
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^read somewhere that suzuki said that the budget was 45 million for the game ( s )
it ballooned to 70 million with marketing
According to wikipedia, Shenmue was so expensive that even in a one dreamcast=one sale kind of thing, the cost wouldn't have been covered.
I didn't think Shenmue was that expensive but more Sega totally underestimated how much Shenmue would sell Dreamcasts considering they hadn't even sold that many?
That's plausible. I've heard even higher numbers before, but never over $100 million total... which, yes, puts it off this top 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by KitsuneNight
I find the growing habit of devs spending outrageous amounts of money on games disturbing. It'll get to the point where nothing interesting will ever be made again, just games that are shoe-ins to sell millions.
Thankfully the indie dev scene is stronger than ever these days. Some indie games have more design innovation than all of the AAA titles of the past ten years combined.
because they dont stand to lose millions of dollarsQuote:
Originally Posted by JumpingRyle
tomb raider reboot was seen as a success by everybody except square who expected cod levels of sales
its insane