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Guillemot: Next gen games to cost $60 million

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Ubisoft super-chief Yves Guillemot has predicted game budgets will rise to an average of $60 million in the next hardware cycle.

"The next generation is going to be so powerful that playing a game is going to be the equivalent of playing a CGI movie today," the exec told CNBC.

Big budget 360 and PS3 games cost between $20-30 million to make.

There's a full interview through there. Thanks, EG.

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