'This Is Unsustainable Madness': Modern Video Game Budgets Are Out of Control
Modern AAA video game development budgets on the west coast of America are reportedly reaching $300 million or more, primarily covering salaries and overheads. This unsustainable cost requires games to sell millions of copies at full price just to break even, putting immense pressure on studios and potentially impacting the industry's future.
- Entities
- Company: Naughty Dog
- Company: Sony
- Topic: Video Game Budgets
- Topic: Industry Economics
- Company: Santa Monica Studio
- Platform: PlayStation 5
- Person: Jason Schreier
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