While Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds focus might be on getting APB out the door early next year, they’ve already got another massively multiplayer project in the pipeline.
Grand Theft Auto creator and Crackdown mastermind David Jones points out the obvious: Games are pricey to make! New IPs have gotten so expensive that they’re quickly approaching $US50 million plus! Here’s the quote: Crackdown wasn’t that long ago and our development budget was something like USD 50 million, and even that to me now, I don’t know if I could do anything for much less than that.
He’s probably not alone. Think about it: Fifty million bucks to make a game. That used to be a lot for a Hollywood movie — even with big star salaries, special effects, deluxe trailers and all that crap. I’d Struggle [Games Industry]