Rumour: Red Steel Cost 10 Million Euro's to Dev - XTREME-SOURCE

PTU · 07-26-2006, 11:21 AM

A french website claims that Red Steel for the Nintendo Wii cost 10 million Euro's to develop ($12m dollars). This is one of the most promising third party titles for the Wii and we're sure Ubisoft will be happy when it eventually hits the shelves.

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A French news site is reporting that the biggest third-party title for the Wii, Red Steel, will incur costs of around 10 million Euros in development. Now, for you American folks, that's roughly 12.65 million buckaroos. It may seem like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that big of a deal.

Think about development costs for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Imagine if this game was being developed on either of those systems, we could easily see that doubled (maybe even tripled in the case of the PS3), due to excessive costs associated with creating those photo-realistic HD graphics. Also, this game has been in development for under a year and will launch with the console during the fourth quarter of this year, which again would make costs rise significantly would it be made for the other two systems, as even more man power would have to be dedicated to pushing the game out on time.

News Source: NintendoWiiFanboy.com

rav009 · 07-26-2006, 11:30 AM

$12 mill to develop a game??

Movies have cost less, I'm not much of a console gamer, correct me if I'm wrong but thats a lot of money.

I suppose it is a next gen game, but that development price is way up there...

It had better be worth it.

PTU · 07-26-2006, 11:37 AM

Its a lot of money but lets hope that doesn't mean we have to pay for it with a high RRP

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