How much does it cost to create a pc game

[Agena_]

Hi, how much does it cost to create a pc game

for example a mainstream game

 

 

thanks

[JoloboY116]

What do you expect from that PC? if it has to run 4k the price goes up by a lot?

[Agena_]

Just now, JoloboY116 said:

What do you expect from that PC? if it has to run 4k the price goes up by a lot?

no im saying in general, like developers that make popular games. how  much does it cost

 

thanks

[flashiling]

well it depends.

a game like battlefield or call of duty, it probably costs a lot since they need to have a lot of people coding and creating textures and such.

because of the amount of people working on it daily the cost will increase significantly.

so imagine having 150+ people working 37 hours or more every week on a game, take the average salary for such jobs in the respective country and add a lot more money and there you have it.

meanwhile a smaller indie game like Legion TD2 that has less than 6 developers (afaik) is gonna cost a lot less.

[AndreiArgeanu]

5 minutes ago, Agena_ said:

Hi, how much does it cost to create a pc game

for example a mainstream game

 

 

thanks

It varies heavily between different titles. GTA 5 for example has 265 million USD budget.

[Kilrah]

Obviously depends a LOT on the game, but the usual AAA titles are typically in the $100-250M range, most of which usually being marketing.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-expensive-video-games-ever-made-2014-7?r=US&IR=T#call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-200-million-8

[LogicalDrm]

Can't give numbers right now, but it's close to movies with AAA titles. Much less with small studios and indie devs.

 

Most of the costs are for wage and utility costs (rent, electricity etc.). Some might go towards hardware and external resources such as licensing.

[Mark Kaine]

you can make an AA game for 50k which might even look better than AAA game that costs millions, but it won't have the same scope and depth. So answer is... millions.