Speaking to Giant Bomb recently, Sony Santa Monica director of product development John Hight has revealed just how much it cost to make the much anticipated PS3 title God of War III: $44 million.
“We are stamping discs now, so we’re effectively done. Just got a couple of countries that we’re finishing up on this week and we spent $44 million to make God of War III,” Hight commented. “Believe it or not, that's right within budget.”
Apparently a lot of the money was pumped into growing the development team itself from previous God of War games, especially on the art side because Sony Santa Monica knew it would have to "wow" people. “We finished up God of War II with roughly 60 people which was more than double God of War I and now we've finished off God of War III with 132 people,” Hight said. “The biggest area that we grew was graphics on the art side.”
Sony Santa Monica Senior Producer Steve Caterson recently talked in-depth with IndustryGamers about once again raising the bar for God of War in the third installment and living up to the huge expectations, both from fans and internally.
[Thanks to Edge for the tip]
19 Comments
March 9, 2010
Wait what that was within budget, amazing? But you have to admit ALL god of war games have OVER the TOP art. It is HARD to find even a transition area in previous GOD of wars that didnt say EFFORT! I didn't think Id ever say this, but this game may end up better than uncharted2. Even that type of game better (uncharted2). Just the sheer effort for this game is crazy! This will be Sony's Halo answer to Halo this year. It may even come close to beating it if they push hard enough. And no one has better commercials than Sony. Especially Microsoft.
March 9, 2010
I meant to say: "I even LIKE that type of game better(uncharted2)"
March 9, 2010
If I had to guess, between $40 -$45 million was probably their budget goal for the project, which was probably penned in for March 2010 a while ago. It'll make it all back the first week, because the series is that big.
March 9, 2010
This will be Sony's Halo answer to Halo this year. It may even come close to beating it if they push hard enough. And no one has better commercials than Sony. Especially Microsoft.
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May 5, 2010
That is really good to hear "I want to make a game that causes gamers to cry". In my opinion, they need to analyze the MUSIC that was played that did make people cry. It is NOTHING like the music they use to attempt to do so now (I can't speak for FFXIII yet). internet fax ratings
May 9, 2010
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May 13, 2010
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May 16, 2010
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May 20, 2010
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June 27, 2010
Doesn't matter really how expensive it was to produce, matters how much they make on it and they will definitely make that back. Seems to have a greater group roleplaying type of deal going too than previous versions. That seems to be the general trend of gaming. I'm more of a Warriors roleplayer though :) and for me the cost of this thing will likely be prohibitive.
July 13, 2010
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