A good game engine costs $400.000

[wolf2009]

Games Convention 08: Takes years to develop

We heard and confirmed that some state of the art engines such as Doom, Unreal or Cry engines will set you back at least $400.000.

The price really depends on the customer but it goes around this number. The engine is the first step in game development and it is usually cheaper to buy a state of the art engine, rather than making one on your own.

It takes years to develop a good engine and smaller developers and bigger publishers are just making the move and buying these engines, that lets them make some great looking games.

Developers also needs at least two years to finish the game, and time to market is really critical point as you want to catch the momentum of the pre-Xmas shopping spree, especially if you have a highly anticipated title.

We can only say we salute all developers and engineers that make games and hardware that we need, as life would be boring without you guys. Thank you.

Fud

 

[Deleted member 3]

That has been known for quite a while. I doubt those are company secrets either.

 

[W1zzard]

thats just enough money to pay 3-4 above average coders for 2 years in a western country.. fudo your math is off.

 

[DaMulta]

I thought it would be above the 1 million usd mark.

 

[W1zzard]

I thought it would be above the 1 million usd mark.

it certainly is, especially if you factor in the cost of the total operation.