Gran Turismo 5 has been years in the making. Last time we checked, years are not cheap. Years are expensive.
When asked by AutoWeek about the gameās budget, Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi dropped this price tag: $60 million.
āThere are other games that cost more,ā Yamauchi added. āConsidering the size and scale of the game, I think itās probably a fairly small amount.ā
Other games that cost more? Games like Shenmue or Grand Theft Auto IV?
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With Polyphony Digitalās know-how and expertise, the game probably cost less that it could have considering the lengthy development cycle. But then again, GT5 is apparently 50 times more than the first Gran Turismo. Weāre not sure if that amount includes marketing and what not.
If Yamauchi and his team curbed the dev cycle and turned around the game in a more timely fashion, they could has brought down the gameās budget even more. Not our money, though! Perhaps the inevitable GT6 wonāt take as long ā or cost as much.
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