Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 20:37 BST
Max Payne 3 could cost Rockstar $105 million to develop, says analyst
Sterne Agee’s Arvind Bhatia has estimated Rockstar will have spent $105 million on Max Payne 3 by the time development is complete. According to is estimates, if the figure is correct, the game would have to move 4 million units just to break even. The analyst came up with the figure based on the two prior versions in the series selling 7 million units combined, and added in the opinion that “Max Payne 3, has greater potential for success than either of the two prior versions.” He concluded that the title will likely move 4 million units easily has it is “highly anticipated and has potential for upside surprise.”
Max Payne 3 is out in March 2012. Thanks, IndustryGamers.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, Arvind Bhatia, max payne, max payne 3, Sterne Agee
8 comments
#1
TerraZet
08/09/11, 10:51 pm
Its a shame its got nothing to do with Max Payne at all then…
#2
DSB
08/09/11, 11:05 pm
I’m gonna wait to jump onto the whiner bandwagon with this one. I reckon the old game was about more than a guys facial hair, or the size of his beer gut, but that’s just me.
I definitely don’t think that Take Two are getting back what they put into those games though. The production values are sky high, and they should be, but I don’t think I’ll be playing a lot of their recent games in 10 years time, as opposed to Bully and the classic GTAs.
#3
LOLshock94
09/09/11, 12:17 am
this has to be stupidest thing ive ever read…how can you perdict how much a game costs to develop when theres no gameplay or anything?
#4
Yoshi
09/09/11, 12:44 am
@3… Because he’s an analyst! *thumbs up and cheesy smile*
#5
Maximum Payne
09/09/11, 7:48 am
@3 They just count how many people work on game and how long that easy…
Considering game is in development as long as was RDR/GTA or more that is how they figure 100 mil…
#6
NightCrawler1970
09/09/11, 8:41 am
Bitching about product cost, im pretty sure world-wide die hard Rock-star fans will buy that game, and you have the money back, even GTA4 still selling and RDR!!! and dont forget L.A. Noir…
#7
Lewis247
09/09/11, 11:26 am
I will happily be a part of the 4 million.
#8
Isaaclarke37
09/09/11, 11:56 pm
Wow, that’s a lot of money.