£36million to make gt5

peahead · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:23

Hi

I just read that gt5 has cost £36 million to develop :eek:

and gta around £72 million.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a185545/gran-turismo-5-cost-usd60-million.html

never thought it was so much tbh.

MeAnBoY · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:26

Huge team of staff
Laser mapping of tracks (inc travelling)
Testing real cars on track
Licences

Among a lot of other factors, it does all add up. Also that GTA figure is that for the whole franchise so far?

G-MAN2004 · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:28

MeAnBoY said:
Also that GTA figure is that for the whole franchise so far?

Nope, just for IV. :eek:

Squark · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:29

There's also the almost eternal development time to pay for

MeAnBoY · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:32

G-MAN2004 said:
Nope, just for IV.

Wow really? Money well spent from Polyphonys boys then

alex24 · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:33

MeAnBoY said:
Wow really? Money well spent from Polyphonys boys then

That's assuming they've been doing something for the last however many years it is now!

Ant123 · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:33

Thats a lot of money!!!

KNiVES · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:35

That's a lot of money just to copy and paste GT4 and bumping up the resolution.

peahead · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:37

KNiVES said:
That's a lot of money just to copy and paste GT4 and bumping up the resolution.

MeAnBoY · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:40

alexhull24 said:
That's assuming they've been doing something for the last however many years it is now!

KNiVES said:
That's a lot of money just to copy and paste GT4 and bumping up the resolution.

Double whammy!!

msmalls74 · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:44

KNiVES said:
That's a lot of money just to copy and paste GT4 and bumping up the resolution.

WOW you must have a great time machine can i borrow it?

PD have probably made most of the Dev cost back with the GT5P, it sold just under 4million, they must have had £7-10 back of each title sold, more so for the download versions.

peahead · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:47

Activision is going to make a killing then with COD MWF2 how many copies will that sell?.

"andy" · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:48

it might just be a big scam

some mug is pumping millions and millions into them and theyre all sat on an island in the sun

of course theres a work expierience kid making cgi promo videos every 6 month

can understand GTA. its groundbreaking and the last series must have made them a fortune. think how little san andreas will of cost considering everything was already done from the previous games. and that series sold over 50 million just going by rough stats

HarryPainful · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:51

"andy" said:
some mug is pumping millions and millions into them and theyre all sat on an island in the sun

of course theres a work expierience kid making cgi promo videos every 6 month

can understand GTA. its groundbreaking and the last series must have made them a fortune. think how little san andreas will of cost considering everything was already done from the previous games. is it still the best selling game ?

This is the truth, I was the work experience boy for the first 6 months when I was 16, I am now 33.

Squark · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:54

I know they've stated a March '10 release but I still don't believe it'll happen

cheets64 · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:58

Wow, wonder how much Forza 3 cost to make.

Thing with GT4 is it was on 3 platforms, GT5 is only on one.

MeAnBoY · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:59

"andy" said:
it might just be a big scam

some mug is pumping millions and millions into them and theyre all sat on an island in the sun

of course theres a work expierience kid making cgi promo videos every 6 month

can understand GTA. its groundbreaking and the last series must have made them a fortune. think how little san andreas will of cost considering everything was already done from the previous games. and that series sold over 50 million just going by rough stats

Lol @ the work experience comment

But what makes you think GT5 isn't ground breaking? The only other game that comes close to the painstaking details that Polyphony have gone to is Forza 3, and you could argue that GT5 will take what Forza 3 offers and raise the bar considerably.

G-MAN2004 · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:01

GTA IV would have made them an absolute fortune. Sales revenue for the first week was $500 million apparently!

antijoke · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:06

Well considering M$ gave R* £50 odd million dollars for exclusive content, the R* boys must be well chuffed.

HarryPainful · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:06

MeAnBoY said:
Lol @ the work experience comment

But what makes you think GT5 isn't ground breaking? The only other game that comes close to the painstaking details that Polyphony have gone to is Forza 3, and you could argue that GT5 will take what Forza 3 offers and raise the bar considerably.

You cannot argue anything though, F3 is here, GT5 is not.

All we have to compare is GT5P and that is a looooooooong way off F3.

I think the only groundbreaking, if you want to call it that, aspect of GT5/P is the way it looks.