Court mistake reveals how much Sony's first-party games like Last of Us 2 costs
techradar.comA mistake during the Microsoft/ Activision Blizzard FTC hearing has accidentally revealed the cost of making some of Sony's biggest titles.
Thanks to some very poor redacting, anyone who has been following the ongoing court case will be able to make out some key information concerning the development cost for The Last of Us 2 and Horizon Forbidden West.
While the documents have now been pulled from the FTC hearing's list, <a href=«https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1674085197158002689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1674085197158002689%7Ctwgr%5E3f43f9a2d4eeae96f7d7c11a9a9f62c3a10730d7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2F23777268%2Fthe-last-of-us-part-2-horizon-forbidden-west-200-million-budget-ftc-court-documents» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1674085197158002689?ref_src=» https:>The Verge's Tom Warren tweeted
a screenshot of the documents after they were uploaded. The small snippet revealed that Sony spent $212 million for Horizon Forbidden West over a five-year period with 300 full-time developers. While Sony rolled out the red carpet for The Last of Us 2 spending $220 million over six years with 200 full-time employees.Sony did great job on the document redactions… not
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