In recent days, a lot of information has been leaking on the Internet from the ransomware attack on Insomniac Games, one of the leading studios belonging to Sony, which gave us the title Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 this year. In addition to leaks about Wolverine or other plans for the future, we also learned a lot of numbers and behind-the-scenes information, which of course is not always positive. And the magazine drew attention to some of them yesterday My city.
Leaked presentations and documents suggest that the current AAA game development budget is unsustainable. Spider-Man 2 was supposed to cost around 300 million dollars, which is three times more than the first part. In one of the presentations, the question is asked whether the increase in the budget is even visible to the players themselves. The sustainable budget would be under $215 million, according to internal documents.
In a relatively recent presentation from November, it is written that Sony is preparing relatively drastic measures. 50 to 75 “low performing” employeeswho are working on Wolverine and Spider-Man 3, to be released, being replaced by people from the teams that worked on the new Ratchet and the brand new IP. They are supposedly veterans of the studio with the appropriate know-how, and the management therefore does not want to lose them.
However, the changes will not only affect Insomniac. In another document from November, it is written that it will cut corners in other Sony studios as wellwhereas one studio is even supposed to be closed completely. But we don’t know which one it is.
2023-12-21 06:30:44
#Insomniac #Sony #studios #dealing #internal #problems #cut #lay #Zing
