Do you get fries with that? John Hight, director of product development for Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, let slip in an interview with Giant Bomb that the highly anticipated God of War 3 cost $44 million dollars to produce.
Hight noted that the greatest expenditures involved growing studio’s graphics and art teams. He also revealed that the final size of the God of War 3 team, 132 people, was fully double the size of the God of War 2 team.
Although Sony has clearly made a significant financial investment in God Of War 3, the title doesn’t even rank on a list of the ten most expensive games ever made. Take a look:
- Grand Theft Auto 4: $100 million Gran Turismo 5: $80 million Shenmue: $70 million Too Human: $60+ million Metal Gear Solid 4: $60 million Halo 3: $55 million APB: $50 million LA Noire: $50 million Final Fantasy XII: $48 million Killzone 2: $45 million
Predicting sales figures is always a tricky business, but God Of War 3 does seem poised to move quite a few copies. Despite a substantial marketing budget in addition to the game’s development cost, God of War 3 is practically a bargain when compared to, say, Too Human.
Game budgets are rarely made public. Personally, I think it’s a nice bit of transparency to get the God of War 3 figure out there. After all, we are made excruciatingly aware of the cost of most films. But what about you? Does knowing God Of War 3’s price tag change your attitude about the game? Will you be picking up a copy?
God Of War 3 releases exclusively for the Playstation 3 March 16th.
Sources: Edge, Digital Battle
