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[R1CHO]

How many people are credited for this game?

This was a 2 year development?

66M$ sounds too much, somebody do the math.

 

[Fistwell]

$13m for every hour of gameplay.

\simeq $3m/FPS.

 

[M.D]

Im pretty sure it was revealed that the sales from GT5 prologue by itself covered the entire budget for the full game, so all of the sales for full GT5 were pretty much profit at that point.

Another game with an official budget - God of war 3 cost $44 million to make while also creating an entirely new engine for PS3

I think he's wrong, or there's something seriously wrong with Crytek's development process.

 

[Perkel]

$60mln for 6 hour campain.


Market is about to crash

 

[darkistheway]

Hey Crytek,

How many microtransactions will you need when Crysis 4 goes free-to-play?

 

[Oersted]

They'll need to sell over 2 million units to break even. Probably 3 if you account for marketing and advertising.

With the games alone they never broke even. Deals with armies is their way to go. The games are more or less just big fat commercial breaks.

 

[AppleMIX]

$60mln for 6 hour campain.


Market is about to crash

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 made a billion dollars in 15 days... but sure the market is going to somehow magically crash. The problem is we need more mid tier games and less AAA games. Hopefully that will be fixed by next gen.

 

[Coolwhip]

With the games alone they never broke even. Deals with armies is their way to go. The games are more or less just big fat commercial breaks.

And there is no way they make $30 on each game.

 

[Perkel]

$60mln for 6 hour campain.


Market is about to crash

 

[alexandros]

Three times the budget of Crysis 1, one third the fun.

 

[erawsd]

Doubt that much was spent on the actual game. I can't imagine EA put that kind of money behind a franchise that has had midling success. My guess is that's the cost to develop an engine that will compete with unreal.

 

[angular graphics]

Wouldn't this mean that Crysis 2 that was much longer and had much more all new assets and tech that Crysis 3 reused would have a budget of like $80M or more?

 

[Des0lar]

If my math is correct, every frame you see during the 5 hours cost $122 (30fps)

 

[AHA-Lambda]

If that includes marketing that seems pretty typical, but if not its definitely on the higher end I don't think a series like Crysis justifies it :/

Wouldn't this mean that Crysis 2 that was much longer and had much more all new assets and tech that Crysis 3 reused would have a budget of like $80M or more?

I'm pretty sure I remember Crytek saying they lost money on Crysis 2 overall :-/

 

[spindoctor]

I wonder if this includes marketing?

I'm pretty sure it does. Development on the game for 2 years on previously existing technology can not have cost 60 million dollars. Especially not in Europe where the game was probably made.

 

[Mpl90]

Looking at Amazon, the 360 SKU is almost out of top 100, lower than OUR CUTTING MAJESTY METAL GEAR REVENGEANCE on PS3, that came out on the same day...eeeeh, do we know how much the other Crysis titles sold in US?

 

[test_account]

Yeah, i'm also wondering if this includes marketing budget and CryEngine3 developement costs as well.

 

[angular graphics]

If that includes marketing that seems pretty typical, but if not its definitely on the higher end I don't think a series like Crysis justifies it :/



I'm pretty sure I remember Crytek saying they lost money on Crysis 2 overall :-/

He said they barely broke even. But Yerli always exaggerates. Three examples: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44256461&postcount=11

 

[D4Danger]

I wonder if this includes marketing?

I hope so. I really do.

 

[metalslimer]

Wonder what Crytek does when the game significantly under performs or at best barely breaks even.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

$66 million for a AAA multiplatform title. Wonder how Crytek will recoup the cost.

 

[blitzcloud]

I don't believe it was much. They probably rounded some numbers and outsourced. Modders do total conversions for free.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

$13m for every hour of gameplay.

They also developed multiplayer. And had a marketing budget, presumably.

 

[Prime crotch]

$60mln for 6 hour campain.


Market is about to crash

lol no, changing yeah but there ain't a crash happening, people spending money still

 

[Saty]

Looking at Amazon, the 360 SKU is almost out of top 100, lower than OUR CUTTING MAJESTY METAL GEAR REVENGEANCE on PS3, that came out on the same day...eeeeh, do we know how much the other Crysis titles sold in US?

Probably around 950k for Crysis 2 depending how you interpret this:

Crysis 3

US sales estimate: 950,000 (including boxed PC sales)

"Although the first two iterations of the franchise were well-reviewed, we think Crysis 3 will do well to match its predecessor's performance. Its Amazon ranking is well below that of many other spring launches, and with a likely late February launch, it will not have a lot of time before competing March releases hit retail."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ames-expected-to-further-harm-eas-bottom-line

 

[Mr. Enigma]

It's really sad how much it costs to make a mainstream game these days.

 

[TokiDoki]

Can we see this 66m as the cost for "Crysis 3 + CryEngine 3" ?

If the CryEngine 3 does well , and powering up future games , 66m should worth it , no ?

 

[szaromir]

I'm pretty sure it does. Development on the game for 2 years on previously existing technology can not have cost 60 million dollars. Especially not in Europe where the game was probably made.

I think you need to do some research about the cost of life in Frankfurt, Germany.

It still seems to be a bloated number though.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Can we see this 66m as the cost for "Crysis 3 + CryEngine 3" ?

If the CryEngine 3 does well , and powering up future games , 66m should worth it , no ?

CryEngine 3 was developed alongside Crysis 2, not 3. Although undoubtedly there were improvements made during the development of C3.

FarCry = CE1
Crysis = CE2
Crysis 2 = CE3

 

[JaseC]

They also developed multiplayer. And had a marketing budget, presumably.

Sorry, I'd assumed the joke was obvious.

 

[TigerKnee]

Next gen is going to be very interesting. I laugh when I see all these spec threads and all these console exclusive gamers are flexing their e-penises on how much more powerful their preferred console is. 360/PS3 has some amazing looking games already. And if the next generation games are 5-10 times more powerful, how much is it going to cost to make truly exceptional looking games? And will studios that don't have as much money as AAA studios have the resources to fully utilize the specs to their fullest potential?

Can't wait to see!

 

[Eiolon]

Too much money to spend on a new engine for the end of a generation IMO.

 

[ii Stryker]

Mediocrity is expensive.

So their message is "hey third parties develop games with Cryengine 3 and triple your cost"

They're also developing for (at least) 3 platforms now whereas with Crysis they were PC ONLY.

 

[angular graphics]

Too much money to spend on a new engine for the end of a generation IMO.

The bulk of the engine was created 3.5 years ago.

http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-releases-cryengine®-3

Frankfurt a. M. (Germany), October 14th 2009 - Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") is excited to announce that their latest all-in-one development solution CryENGINE 3 is now available for all developers.

 

[Kayhan]

I would rather they had only spent 22 million on Crysis 3 and then made it like Crysis.

 

[Durante]

Seems cheap for a next-gen game.

 

[Chû Totoro]

Shame the game is so medicore and will likely bomba.

Yeah bad game (the 1st was the only one good it seems). Crysis 3 represents almost 100% what I hate in video games.

 

[Big-E]

I thought the whole point of sequels in the video game industry was to make money on a game where a lot of the costs were sunk on the original title. No way they make their money back.

 

[ResidentDante]

They could have made 400 Skullgirls characters for that much.

You sir, get the Neogaf comment of the month award!

 

[Durante]

And will studios that don't have as much money as AAA studios have the resources to fully utilize the specs to their fullest potential?

That seems like a meaningless question. Small studios haven't generally been able to use specs to their fullest potential for over a decade. The more pertinent question to ask is how much more easily smaller studios can make better games on the new hardware. And the answer is likely to be "a lot", given how much easier it is to develop for.

 

[Drazgul]

$66M and you can't even destroy the environment like you could in Crysis 1. Screw you, Crytek.

 

[Ivan]

It looks like their spending is optimized like their engines...

 

[mclem]

Halo 4 : 60m
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/25/spencer-halo-4-is-microsofts-most-expensive-game/

Gears 2 : 10m

God of War 3 : 44m

I've often wondered if Gears' low numbers are largely due to the fact that work that goes directly into the engine isn't counted as part of the game's budget (even if it was engine work directly inspired by the requirements of the game).

Admittedly, that's a bit of an accounting trick, but given that the engine itself is a standalone product, I can see why it's reasonable - but that's not really an option available to all developers.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Didn't Shenmue cost $70 million?

 

[FACE]

I wish they had kept making PC exclusives that had Crysis' budget.

 

[amar212]

Gran Turismo 5 cost $60 million a full year before it came out.
The game was announced at E3 2005, so we can assume it was in development for 3-4 at that time, and they had to scan hundreds of cars and tracks and model them, plus record sounds and built an entirely new engine and deal with online and multiplayer for the very first time.

GT5 and GT5rologue are the same 60M$ budget. Polyphony spends average of 10M$ annualy because they never stop working. Also, their game budgets are heavily inter-sected because they are integrating projects into one-another and also share various developments with non-gaming projects they're working on.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

This is why the industry needs to change. Seriously, $66m for a lot of pretty graphics. I wonder how much Far Cry 3 cost, I imagine Ubisoft did it for less than half that cost, I very much doubt console gamers will be able to tell the difference and since that is where the majority of sales come from Ubisoft will be laughing.

 

[javac]

To add some perspective to this, Nintendo spent around $40 million on marketing for Wii Fit.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Wonder if well ever get another open world game from Crytek. Would've liked to see another game that's like Far Cry or Crysis 1. Shame that they had to go with the linear dumb down route with the Crysis games post Warhead to try to get that consoles gamer money. Funny how Ubisoft was far more successful continuing the Far Cry series and keeping it open world while still using a modified Cry Engine 2.

 

[Y2Kev]

I don't understand how this works out. The game is simply smaller in scope than Crysis 2 and has the engine already developed. I would assume the point of Crysis 3 was to help amortize costs from the development of 2--which could be factored into this number here.

I don't believe the game cost 66MM on its own. If it did, just shut down the industry wholesale.