Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Spencer: Halo 4 is Microsoft's most expensive game]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/25/spencer-halo-4-is-microsofts-most-expensive-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/25/spencer-halo-4-is-microsofts-most-expensive-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/25/spencer-halo-4-is-microsofts-most-expensive-game/#comments Halo 4 is Microsoft's most expensive game everHalo 4 is the most expensive game Microsoft has ever made, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer tells Polygon. It is "absolutely" the most money Microsoft has ever spent developing a game, he says. "Nothing's even close."

Estimates for development costs of Halo 3 average out at $60 million, and that was including a massive marketing budget of about $30 million. Halo 3: ODST ended up bringing in more than $170 million in its first 24 hours on the market. Overall, Halo is a $3 billion franchise, Spencer says.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>costdevelopmentdevelopment-costshalo-4marketingmicrosoftxboxThu, 25 Oct 2012 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[America's Army franchise cost $33 million to deploy over 10 years]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/09/americas-army-franchise-cost-33-million-to-deploy-over-10-year/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/09/americas-army-franchise-cost-33-million-to-deploy-over-10-year/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/09/americas-army-franchise-cost-33-million-to-deploy-over-10-year/#comments According to information obtained by GameSpot from the United States Army, the America's Army series has cost $32.8 million across the 10 years of the franchise's existence. Development costs have risen and fallen over the years - starting with a first year budget of $3.5 million and a 2009 budget of approximately $3.4 million - though we can't imagine that the America's Army program will be spending as much in 2010 considering the developers of America's Army 3 were summarily canned after completing the last game.

Over the course of the 10 years that the franchise has existed, the US Army has never released any statistics on recruitment efficacy, profitability of the franchise, or results of the programs efforts, among other things. It has equally drawn support and contempt from critics, with some saying the "recruitment centers" target underage youth and others saying they offer insight into real war. One idea we think most Joystiq readers will agree on, regardless of politics: a gaggle of much better (though admittedly not free!) FPS games are out there right now, just waiting to be played.

JoystiqAmerica's Army franchise cost $33 million to deploy over 10 years originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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