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Battlefield 6 reportedly cost 400 million to develop!
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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Well it has a better campaign than Concord, that's about it.
mayham2199
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That's way cheaper than what it cost COD. BF6 is still ahead of COD on the preorder charts for PS. Would feel really bad for MS that as soon as they buy COD is starts to lose money. I'm sure it will still sell a lot but they can't have the sales dip that much while giving it away on GP at the same time.
clarky
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Just a remaster.
amigastar
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mckmas8808
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That's less than the $600 Million it cost to develop the latest Call of Duty games!
mayham2199
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Black ops cold war was 700 million in 2020.
Tarnpanzer
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How many copies do they need to sell to break even?
VolticArchangel
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Pasta la Vista
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Next Concord incoming
bighugeguns
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Easy money.
ricardo_sousa11
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Thats gonna be a hard break even
ShaiKhulud1989
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What is this obsession with 400 million mark in faking the game budget numbers, sigh.
I expect that EA spent a lot, but no that much by a mile.
I expect that EA spent a lot, but no that much by a mile.
Boo Who?
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DarkShadowXI
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Here's an article from July:
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fp...ers-taking-up-to-9-months-off-due-to-burnout/
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fp...ers-taking-up-to-9-months-off-due-to-burnout/
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Solarstrike
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PC @11:15am EST:
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MiguelItUp
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Lol, calling this game a remaster is pretty wild, and that's just going by the beta's standards. Can't wait to get into this.
Game development is so damn expensive these days, especially AAA, but I can guarantee you a lot of that went to marketing. SO much of it does. Marketing campaigns, ad campaigns, etc. All of that shit get's EXTREMELY pricey. I mean, the goal of marketing is to get attention and reel people in, so it makes sense that it would be so expensive.
Game development is so damn expensive these days, especially AAA, but I can guarantee you a lot of that went to marketing. SO much of it does. Marketing campaigns, ad campaigns, etc. All of that shit get's EXTREMELY pricey. I mean, the goal of marketing is to get attention and reel people in, so it makes sense that it would be so expensive.
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DirtInUrEye
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Slop remark
bighugeguns
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NINE MONTHS OFF???!!! JOHNSON, FIRE UP THE AI!Here's an article from July:
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fp...ers-taking-up-to-9-months-off-due-to-burnout/
edit: oh shit, that's kind of what ended up happening...
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DarkShadowXI
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I wish they went with an "estimated time" rather than "there is a number of people ahead of you that your brain can't comprehend"PC @11:15am EST:
When I saw this in Beta, I turned off my computer and never came back lol. I didn't know if I'd be waiting for 5 minutes or 2 hours?
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Thought it was a pretty obvious joke . . .
take a stop watch and time how long it takes for x number of people to leave. Apply that time per player to the rest of the queue ahead of you.
DirtInUrEye
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Okay my apologies.
Quixz
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How is this this even possible?
diffusionx
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EA makes over $4B a year on microtransactions. A huge chunk of that is Madden, EA FC, etc. They likely make over $400M a year on Madden UT alone. So $400M for that sort of ROI is nothing.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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wasn't my best work, no one else liked it either, ha!
DarkShadowXI
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winjer
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If that value is correct, then it's going to take a lot to just break even. And consider that the price of the game includes 30% for the distribution platform. And in some regions, also consumer taxes.
So each copy will net 50$ for EA, at best. So it will take at least 8 million copies.
But then there is also the cost of advertising. So it will probably take well above 10 million copies just to break even.
So each copy will net 50$ for EA, at best. So it will take at least 8 million copies.
But then there is also the cost of advertising. So it will probably take well above 10 million copies just to break even.
DirtInUrEye
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Their strategy is probably to rebuild the Battlefield brand first and then look to the post launch microtransactions revenue stream. The marketing is rather zeitgeisty for this release (in the gaming sphere), which points to a massively renewed investment in the IP.
Rather than being cynical and offhanded about it, players should really be celebrating the show of commitment to the franchise.
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bighugeguns
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It could have pretty decent post sale legs too, the custom map thing is a novel feature that will take a bit of time to produce the goods. Also don't forget the console masses, they live for this shit.
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winjer
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Sorry, but you must be very young to think custom maps are a novel feature.
This was a standard during the 90s and early 2000s.
bighugeguns
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You're right. But I think they are a novel feature within the modern grand temple of the Battlefield and Call of Duty space. The one might in fact morph into the other (literally) which could change things dramatically, whereas before this variable did not exist.
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