In filings with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Sony accidentally revealed how much it cost to develop two major exclusives. The documents were provided as part of an ongoing lawsuit between the FTC, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.
Development Horizon Forbidden West it ran for five years, cost $212 million and was expected to employ 300 people at its peak. That’s development The Last of Us Part II started in 2014, right after the original game, which is known to have cost $220 million and had 200 people working on the title.
In amounts marketing expenses are not included, these are purely game development expenses. However, Sony reports to the FTC that global marketing costs for AAA games are high, even for established brands. Unfortunately, we did not learn any number.
Now the same mistake could be made by Microsoft, so that we know how much the other party puts into game development.
How many games were sold? Horizon Forbidden West was released on 2/18/2022 on PS4 and PS5, and a year later it was reported 8.4 million pieces. The entire series then has 32.7 million pieces. This includes the first part for PS4 and the PC version, which arrived in August 2020.
The Last of Us Part II was released on 19/06/2020 on PS4, and two years later, Naughty Dog Studio boasted that it sold more than 10 million copies. In the first three days, it was over four million pieces. The entire series was reported to have sold over 37 million copies by the end of 2022. This does not include the PC version of The Last of Us remake, which was released only this year.
Sony did great job on the document redactions… not 🙃 pic.twitter.com/5rJQbZbbd0
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 28, 2023
2023-06-28 18:31:14
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