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Price range of a Gaming Studio
Hey guys, I'm trying to do research on budgeting for video games, and one of the things I'm trying to figure out is how much does it cost to rent a AAA studio. Thanks. -
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At least $4-5 million...a month, 300-400 workers. And that's just for a startup. More info? Just search for bankupt gamedev studios in the last 5 years. -
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....... You mean you want to rent the office ?? Equipment ?? Or an actual professional working AAA studio ? ... What does that even mean... like, pay them money to work for you ?? Is that even possible ? -
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My WildAssGuess is 8 to 15k dollars/month per developer. Less if the definition of 'AAA' team is taken pretty loosely. So maybe a range of 200k/month for 25 person team of non-super-heroes to a couple of million dollars/month or more for a bigass modern team with a good reputation and some nice hits behind them. Note that… -
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I think Kevin Albers is about right, I heard 10k to 15k GBP per person per month being good value a few years ago -
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From 2004, but still relevant: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130450/the_end_game_how_top_developers_.php Value of the Development Team Another way to determine a developer's value is by assigning a minimum value to their employees. Using current industry multipliers, a developer's employees are often valued at… -
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The AAA team I work on of around 100 people I have heard quoted as costing about £0.5mil per month in operating costs. What it would cost to hire would be a fair bit more I guess. -
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Work for hire is pretty common. You'll get a huge degree of variance, based on team size, experience, and work portfolio, location. A couple in Montreal i know of are Behaviour, and NVizzio (formerly Funcom) who have the benefit of the Quebec tax subsidies and can underbid by quite a lot. You can get in contact with their… -
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Possible and common, As a third party publisher -
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The same amount it costs to lease office space of any kind, depends on square footage and location. Walk up to the window of a commercial letting agents in your city and take a pic of the ads.
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