game development

[Paddi01]

Hello,

I would like to know how much time does it take for developers to create AAA games like Witcher 3 or Far Cry 5?

Even if there's no accurate number of years i'm just curious how much effort it actually is to make games like these.

thanks for replies.

[MedievalMatt]

7 minutes ago, Paddi01 said:

Hello,

I would like to know how much time does it take for developers to create AAA games like Witcher 3 or Far Cry 5?

Even if there's no accurate number of years i'm just curious how much effort it actually is to make games like these.

thanks for replies.

My B.S. is in Game And Sim Programming.  On Avg.  your looking at a 3 - 5 year cycle from start to finish.  That says nothing about the actual amount and man-hours though.  a 300 person team can make one thing in 3 years.... but a 3000 man team can make SOOOO much more.  That said.  its roughly 150 - 500 people working on a game at some point in its development.

 

so.... a LOT.  its not a small investment for AAA games.  and there is a very good reason why studios are trying to milk their games for as much money as possible.

[Techicolors]

depends on the size of the studio. the studios behind AAA titles these days are huge, so the length of time is shortened somewhat. but it still takes a sizable amount of effort and budget to push. also need to consider the late dev cycle, normally the team works more than 40hrs crunch time

[Guest]

I think GTAV was made over 6 or 7 years. Not sure. 

 

Most go from 2-3 years. Big games go for 5-6 years. Call of duty is 3~ years but over 3~ development teams so you get one every year. 

 

Little big planet is 4~ years.