God of War 3 'right within budget' -- a $44 million budget

by Alexander Sliwinski on Mar 9th 2010 11:06AM

Anger management simulator God of War III cost $44 million to create, according to director of production development John Hight, which is "right within budget." Speaking with Giant Bomb, Hight revealed that the team of 132 staff required to finish the third installment was more than double the crew (of about 60) on hand to wrap up God of War II, with the biggest growth occurring in the graphics and art departments.

Considering the ultimate Kratos adventure will likely go on to become a phenomenal sales hit, the $44 million budget isn't as ridiculous as it might seem. Consider that Gran Turismo 5's budget, at last count, had reportedly ballooned to around the $60 million mark. On the other hand, Ken Levine previously put the first BioShock's budget at about $15 million. With such variation in current-gen development costs, in the end, the price is just a number -- and in the case of God of War III, it was certainly worth the dough.

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Tags: budget, god-of-war, god-of-war-3, god-of-war-iii, john-hight, santa-monica-studio, sony-santa-monica

Reader Comments (58)

Adjusted for inflation it's about 89.3 million dollars. Only GTAIV beats that.

Less than Killzone 2, right? Should prove more economical for Sony in the end (this looks just as impressive technically, and should sell more)

If this article has your loins tingling, Dell has PS3's for $270 today, with 5% bing cash back on top of that.

...but they ship in 2 weeks. ;)

two weeks might be the shortest amount of time to wait for some people.

I hope at least $10 million of that budget went towards a sex mini game.

I really like the GOW 3 commercials Sony's been airing - a nice comedic aside for the series. That said, I feel like Metallica's "The God That Failed" could have been worked into their marketing material nicely.