"The numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more - sometimes much more! This helps explain the current state of the industry."
"If you sell a game at $70 and pocket $49 on every sale, you'd need to sell more than 6 million copies just to break even on a $300m budget, and that's before marketing."
"A first-party title from a company like Sony would still need to sell around 4.5 million copies just to break even, which is nuts."
"The costs depend quite heavily on where teams are based; numbers are mostly US and Canada based, whereas other countries can produce games for much less."
AAA game development budgets are reportedly reaching $300 million or more, primarily driven by developer salaries and excluding marketing costs. To break even on such budgets, significant sales are required; for instance, selling over 6 million copies at $70 each is necessary for a $300 million budget. The costs vary by location, with US and Canada having higher expenses compared to other countries. Recent examples include Concord, which cost over $400 million, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, which also exceeded $300 million.
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