Developers have told online gaming publication Develop that video game budgets for the Nintendo 3DS have tripled those of its predecessor the Nintendo DS.
With the advances in modern technology game developers are constantly battling against the costs of developing games for next generation platforms such as the Nintendo 3DS and Sony’s Next Generation Portable (PSP2)
“3DS games clearly have budgets two-to-three times what typical DS games have seen in the past”.
“If you wanted to spend console money on developing a PSP2 or 3DS title, every penny of it would show, and clearly some of the launch titles have budgets two-to-three times what typical DS games have seen in the past.”
“The biggest challenge [on PSP2 and 3DS projects] will be development budgets.”
“With more powerful machines to develop on, expectations are higher and you have to spend more time and money creating larger and more detailed world. With more power comes greater expectation,”
Yep, sounds about right!
So does that mean the price of 3DS games are going to go up a lot?
It better not :(
While it sounds bad. It also means we might see less shoddy cheap buck games on the 3DS like Imagine: Teaching etc
I was honestly expecting about the same amount of gameplay as the DS, but this’ll be good.
3DS game launch titles are only $40.00. So not that bad.
$40? Outrageous!
The budgets of DS games must have been very low in the first place, 3x a little still = a little. This rubbish is over-hyped. Both 3DS games and NGP games should still be well below what it costs to develop for home consoles.
Hopefully this means less game titles with Z’s on them.
I think nintendo and some of the better developers budgets haven’t increased quite that much. Maybe only 2x. Like Okamiden and Zelda
3 or 4x is probably referring to some of the cheaper 2d games. And they can still make 2d for the 3ds. Paper Mario is something I’m looking forward for. A 3ds version of Yoshi’s Island would be badass
When the PSP first came out wasn’t the psp games $40????
I popped into my local Gamestop yesterday and they want $40 for Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time! $40.00!?! It wasn’t even that much new!