Just read the Gamespot article on Street Fighter V and Tomb Raider being permanent exclusives, and how game devs are complaining that games cost too much to make and don't make back money and how that's why they now need to make exclusive deals to offset dev costs.
Somewhere in the article it says the Street Fighter IV sold 3.3million units ($150,000,000) in revenue and just barely broke even.
Up until now I had no idea games could cost $150m to make. Really $150m to make Street Fighter?
This seems ridiculous for any video game. I feel that games cost way too much and devs need to start figuring out ways to make them cheaper otherwise there will be no more mulitiplats in the future, because 3.3million units just to recoupe seems completely illogical.
Anyone else feel that video games development costs have gone off the rocker. There are no movie stars involved, no huge sets, no huge explosions, everything is done by a programmers, and a group of creative execs with maybe some voice actors. What are they spending there money on?
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