• lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t understand how it can get more expensive, let alone prohibitively expensive. Is it things like increasing costs of buying the engines to make the games from things like Unreal or something? I would have thought that building more helps develop the tools and skills to make it quicker and better next time.

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      7 months ago

      The new god of war games cost more to make than the GDP of Greece I remember hearing. Making a videogame requires a lot of technical skilled labour and you’ve got to run in the red for years until you can release the finished product.