Sony accidentally revealed full development data for some of its games while releasing its data as part of a lawsuit between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this respect informs Edition of The Verge.
From the published materials, it was revealed that the development of The Last of Us Part II cost Sony $ 220 million, and it was learned that about 300 people are currently working on the game. In contrast, the company spent $212 million developing Horizon Forbidden West, and it took a 200-person team five years to create the game.
Sony’s documentation emphasizes that the stated costs relate only to the development of the games and do not include advertising costs. In the same place, the company noted that the development of each big-budget AAA game cost it more than $100 million.
For comparison, the DTF portal showed the budgets of AAA games from other companies. According to open data, the development of Cyberpunk 2077 cost Polish studio CD Projekt RED $ 174 million, EA spent about $ 100 million on Battlefield 4, and the creation of the Russian game “Trouble” is estimated at 500 million rubles ( at the rate of 28 June 2023 about $5.9 million).
before Sony announced About the free giveaway of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and two more games for PlayStation Plus subscribers.