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Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War (www.gamefile.news)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Absolutely insane.

In a court filing reviewed by Game File that has not been previously reported, Patrick Kelly, Activision’s current head of creative on the Call of Duty franchise, said that three Call of Duty games, released between 2015 and 2020, cost $450-700 million to make.

  • Black Ops III (2015): “Treyarch developed the game over three years with a creative team of hundreds of people, and invested over $450 million in development costs over the game’s lifecycle.” (Kelly also discloses that it has sold 43 million copies.)
  • Modern Warfare (2019): “Infinity Ward developed the game over several years and has spent over $640 million in development costs throughout the game’s lifecycle.” (41 million copies sold)
  • Black Ops Cold War (2020): “Treyarch and Raven Software took years to create the game with a team of hundreds of creatives. They ultimately spent over $700 million in development costs over the game’s lifecycle.” (30 million copies sold)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So like what games do you ban? Just modern shooters? Just for an alternate take, my parents were crazy Christians and would only buy me shit like this game. I'll tell you what, playing that game did not make me more interested in religion and way more interested in call of duty 4. Not saying that's what you're doing, but just that some kind of understanding between you guys is key.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So like what games do you ban?

My kids are only allowed to play the Steam re-release of Noah's Ark for NES..

Nah. I'm just fucking with you.

My kids are specificially not allowed to play the Call of Duty series, and anything with game art that I could mistake for it. (Some modern warfare style games accept funding from the US military, and I can't be arsed to keep track of which ones.)

For some idea where I draw the line, I do play Halo with my older kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The good news is those games aren't as popular as they used to be. It's not 2010s anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, since if recently got a Steam re-release, it seems like someone must still be buying Noah's Adventure, even today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure which game you're thinking about, there are lots of shitty Christian shovelware from that era, but Konami's Noah's Ark has nothing to do with it. And very little to do with the biblical story really.

I had that game on the NES (and I'm not in a Christian or religious family at all).

It's a real game, the arcade-y kind that tries to kill you all the time. It's quite hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, that's the one I meant.

I did assume it was Bible skinned shovelware.

But being made by classic era Konami and getting a Steam re-release had me confused.

That's good to hear. I guess I'll keep an eye out for it on my next retro game deep shopping trip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did that Bible game include gameplay around setting up a "church" that was actually a political donation front to promote political parties that would limit free access to healthcare for the population (under the auspices of lower taxes and "market driven solutions to healthcare")?

Or was the gameplay lazy and uninspired?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's probably almost been like 20 years from when I last played it, but I don't think the game was that bad honestly. From what I remember it was more like a who wants to be a millionaire crossover with mario party. Answer who did Cain violently kill in the first pages of the bible and then play like a minigame with go karts or something. But since I had fusion frenzy, believe it or not the bible game did not see much game time in my xbox lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I was hoping for a more simulator/tycoon game. 😀