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Costs to develop next-gen titles for consoles to hit $60 million

Submitted by Don Maddox on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:52

Developing games for today's console systems is more expensive than ever. According to Yves Guillemot, chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, that trend is going to continue. "The next generation is going to be so powerful that playing a game is going to be the equivalent of playing a CGI movie today."

"With the increased graphical power will come greatly increased costs. Today, making a game for Microsoft's Xbox 360 or Sony's PlayStation 3 typically costs between $20 million and $30 million. (Games for the Wii typically cost much less to create, due to the system’s less than cutting-edge components.)"

"Next generation, estimates Guillemot, top tier games will likely average $60 million to make."

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 23:00

Retro Studios has the honor of forever being recognized as the developer that brought what is arguably Nintendo’s most beloved franchise to life in polygonal form. Moreover, they captured everything that made Metroid great and more. They even managed to create a new genre in the process: the first-person adventure. Having overcome the naysayers that doubted their ability to pull off this feat, Retro was left with creating sequels that would live up to the original. The first sequel, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, felt like more of the same as one might expect; it did little to improve upon or refine the formula established in the original. With Corruption, Retro gets the chance to close out the series with a bang, and they did.