While at least two of us at Kotaku enjoy Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure enough to recommend a purchase, that doesn’t mean we’re oblivious to the costly downsides to a game that sells its downloadable content on toy store shelves.
Nine months after the official launch of the PlayStation 2 in Brazil, Sony brings the high-definition magic of the PlayStation 3 to the South American country, with a launch price of roughly $US1130, $US500 less than originally planned.
Last week we reported on a Wall Street Journal article that tagged the development cost of StarCraft II at more than $US100 million. According to Blizzard, it was a case of right price, wrong game.
Think a PlayStation 3 and a 3D-ready television is expensive now? According to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe senior engineer Ian Bickerstaff, the same technology would have cost you near three-quarters of a million dollars.