art, programming, engineers, engine - $27 per game for epic x number of copies sold, is a pretty good profit for the company . Especially since they own the engine mine actually cost $64 because i got the collectors edition.
[ QUOTE ] 25% (aka $15) goes to pay the art and design guys. 20% ($12) goes to pay the programmers and the engineers. [/ QUOTE ] How does this work? Are they paid based on royalties? So if the game sells 1 copy the art guys get the split $15 and if the game sells 1 million copies they get to share $15 million? I sure hope…
[ QUOTE ] Forbes is running a neat little feature right now called "Why Gears of War Costs $60". It's a reasonable enough question, really -- and there's pie charts! What more could you want from the Internet? Getting the straight dope on game development costs is, of course, difficult. Gamers know that prices have gone up…