WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M [Jul 16, 2010, 9:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has an interesting game budget tidbit about StarCraft II, saying: "Blizzard's parent company, Activision Blizzard, has spent more than $100 million developing the computer-based game." Thanks GameSpot where they note that this figure represents development costs, and does not include the marketing budget for the real-time strategy sequel.
Re: WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M
Jul 21, 2010, 19:50
Jul 21, 2010, 19:50
Did you guys know developing StarCraft II cost more than 100.000.000 dollars? Awfully lot for futuristic Warcraft III expansion with aliens! 
I thought Hollywood had hit rock buttom. Then this happened.
Exactly, Verno. This is true for a VERY LARGE majority of the cases. There might be the rare exception here and there, but generally people who can't lose weight simply can't/won't stop eating.
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Weight loss is simple caloric math, exercise just helps burn calories. Other than that the two aren't really related unless you examine metabolic rate and other factors.
People who struggle with weight always amuse me because they're often over complicating what is a very simple process. They will do insane diets, try pills and many other nonsense scenarios instead of simply limiting their portions and diet appropriately.
People who struggle with weight always amuse me because they're often over complicating what is a very simple process. They will do insane diets, try pills and many other nonsense scenarios instead of simply limiting their portions and diet appropriately.
BobBob wrote on Jul 18, 2010, 07:33:Obesity has little to do with activity and is mostly about intake vs. output. Which I properly demonstrated by losing weight despite continuing to be a lazy couch potato. Activity increases fitness. Fitness and weight loss are often related, however they are not directly linked.
Someone should do a study and find that non hand-held consoles and desktop gaming correlate with obesity.
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Verno wrote on Jul 20, 2010, 11:14:
No that's pretty dumb. People aren't exercising with their laptop while playing Crysis. You generally put your laptop down and game.
WRONG! I am jogging when I play Quake Live on my Dell Laptop. That's why my ranking is so low. Yeah, that's it.
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BobBob wrote on Jul 18, 2010, 07:33:
Someone should do a study and find that non hand-held consoles and desktop gaming correlate with obesity. Sitting on your ass all day in front of a TV or monitor can't be healthy.
Laptops and netbooks aren't so bad because at least you are encouraged to be sort of mobile.
No that's pretty dumb. People aren't exercising with their laptop while playing Crysis. You generally put your laptop down and game.
Tumbler wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 11:21:Console gamers don't hate PC games. PC gamers however...QFT. Console games don't have time to get jealous of pc games, too many games to play.
I've been out all weekend, so sorry for the late reply.
Somehow my comment about GameStop employees being conditioned to hate PC games got misconstrued as console gamers hating PC games.
GameStop does hate PC games, because they don't sell and you can't sell them used.
Maybe they could save money by paying everyone who would have bought it $10 instead of making the game. Just saying...
Re: WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M
Jul 18, 2010, 10:33
Jul 18, 2010, 10:33
BobBob wrote on Jul 18, 2010, 07:33:
Someone should do a study and find that non hand-held consoles and desktop gaming correlate with obesity. Sitting on your ass all day in front of a TV or monitor can't be healthy.
Laptops and netbooks aren't so bad because at least you are encouraged to be sort of mobile.
Where did that come from?
I thought Hollywood had hit rock buttom. Then this happened.
Someone should do a study and find that non hand-held consoles and desktop gaming correlate with obesity. Sitting on your ass all day in front of a TV or monitor can't be healthy.
Laptops and netbooks aren't so bad because at least you are encouraged to be sort of mobile.
Laptops and netbooks aren't so bad because at least you are encouraged to be sort of mobile.
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Re: WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M
Jul 18, 2010, 07:14
Jul 18, 2010, 07:14
spindoctor wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 11:05:Sepharo wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 10:25:
Whereupon the thrashing it's likely to receive by the counter monkey conditioned to hate PC games simply for being PC games, will cause them to change their mind.
Console gamers don't hate PC games. PC gamers however...
QFBS
This comment was edited on Jul 18, 2010, 07:24.
I thought Hollywood had hit rock buttom. Then this happened.
Jerykk wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 20:21:Console gamers don't hate PC games. PC gamers however...
I think you need to peruse the Gametrailers boards more often.
Or most console-centric boards.
Cutter wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 20:06:
I call bullshit. There is no way in hell it cost anywhere close to 100 million to make.
If blizz says so it is the TRUTH .... many thinks
Console gamers don't hate PC games. PC gamers however...
I think you need to peruse the Gametrailers boards more often.
I call bullshit. There is no way in hell it cost anywhere close to 100 million to make.
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Tumbler wrote on Jul 17, 2010, 11:21:Console gamers don't hate PC games. PC gamers however...QFT. Console games don't have time to get jealous of pc games, too many games to play.
thats where quality vs. quantity comes into it.
Re: WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M
Jul 17, 2010, 15:54
Jul 17, 2010, 15:54
2. Shared code-base of 3D engine with D3 - probably a bigger development budget allocated to the engine development team, since SC is coming out first most of the development costs would be allocated to SC. Depends how they categorize their costs.When you put it like that the cost actually makes a lot of sense, as it makes a more impressive headline. It becomes much less significant when you consider Starcraft II will be three separate games, in addition to Diablo III and any further expansions it has.
Still, I can't help but wonder whether they couldn't have been a bit more economical, as $100M is a lot of money for a game that doesn't seem a whole lot better than the competition.
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simple... pay 100 people $200,000 over 5 years 
Re: WSJ: StarCraft II Cost More Than $100M
Jul 17, 2010, 14:46
Jul 17, 2010, 14:46
ASJD wrote on Jul 16, 2010, 22:32:
At this point, I think they're really overrating how popular this game is going to be.
If this bombs I'm going to be giddy.
You can kiss what's left of PC gaming goodbye at that point.
As for the cost, it sounds about right. The game has been in development since 2003, which averages out to a little less than $15 million per year of development, which is about average for a AAA title. I think this is just an instance where costs are high because development was so long.
Sometimes I wonder if these game and movie budget costs are wildly inaccurate, and purposefully released to the public in this way so that people place more value in a property, which thus drives people to buy the game/movie.
"My game cost $100 million to make. So you know there's a lot of value in this!"
"My game cost $100 million to make. So you know there's a lot of value in this!"
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