XBLA Development Costs & Sales

st3lt3k

Rear Admiral
Interesting blog entry on XBox 360 economics by the maker of Marble Blast Ultra, How Much Money Can Your XBox360 Live Arcade Game Make?:
Creating an XBLA game is taking most studios 6-12 months. Costs are currently ranging from $100,000 to $300,000.
when I was in charge of an entire studio for a publicly traded company, we looked to make a 5X return on our investment, so a game with $300,000 in development would be targeted to make at least $1.5MM, or it would not be considered a success.
 
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