hiring descent 3 team

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hiring descent 3 team

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Hi All,

How much would it cost to hire the descent 3 developers team and create a game like descent 3 from the ground up?

I might be interested in such a project.

Regards,

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Post by CDN_Merlin »

D3 cost 2 million to make and took 2 yrs+.
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Post by Testiculese »

And that was years ago.
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

One game recently was $10,000,000 to make. I think it was Gears.
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Post by Pumo »

There's no need to do something like that, 'cause there already exists High Octane (i think that it has some programmers from the old D3 already hired, but not sure about this) and they are making Core Decision. :)

And BTW, CDN_Merlin is right, it's way TOOOOOOOO expensive to make a game like d3.
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Invest the money in HighOctane :)
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Post by Duper »

also, you have to avoid anything \"Descent\" if it's not just a mod. Copyrights are still in place. There are several threads on that very thing. :)
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Post by Kyouryuu »

CDN_Merlin wrote:One game recently was $10,000,000 to make. I think it was Gears.
And I've heard that God of War cost $26,000,000. o_O
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Post by Duper »

26 mill.. into a GAME??! good grief. That's get as bad as a movie. What's the reseason behindthat? wages? Or upgrading systems.. or Xbox360's for the entire staff?

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Post by Grendel »

Gee, Doom 3 was only $13 mil..
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Post by Skyalmian »

Half-Life 2 cost $40,000,000.

But then, they did hire professional actors and license a lot of things.
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Post by Repo Man »

Producing top-of-the-line computer games cost as much as most movies nowadays. The Hollywood Producers Guild of America has formed a New Media Council to address the making of things like games.

...Oops...I didn't realize this thread was an old one. :lol:
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Post by Grendel »

Well, there is Garage Games..
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