Thread: Resources for professional games

Originally Posted by brewbuck

Hmm. $5,000,000 / 50 people / 3 years is about $33k per year. Assuming overhead, that means each person on the project makes, on average, less than $33k per year.

Doesn't sound like the most lucrative line of work... At least not for the programmers/artists.

This is just an estimate. Plus some people may earn more and some less.
But those are the average figures I know, take or give a little.
I don't know how much a programmer makes, but this estimate gives about $2700 / month given that everyone is paid the same.

The killzone 2 title for the PS3 was rumored to be 60 million in development costs. They also spent 4 years creating a lot of their own physics/AI engines, though.