Call of Duty 17: Black Ops Cold War development costs exceed $700 million

2025-02-07 02:13:32|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

The budget of 3A games is one of the most conservative secrets in the gaming industry.However, it is surprising that, late last month, an Activision executive made clear in court documents the development costs of the company's three Call of Duty games.

According to a court document reviewed by foreign media Game File, Patrick Kelly, the current creative director of the Call of Duty series, revealed that three Call of Duty will be launched between 2015 and 2020.》, the development cost is as high as between 450 million and 700 million US dollars.

The total amount of these disclosures is arguably the highest development cost ever reported by large gaming companies, exceeding even nearly all figures that have been leaked or estimated by analysts.

For comparison, Sony disclosed in 2023 in an inappropriately edited court filing that the company's flagship game "The Last of Us 2" launched in 2020 was about $220 million in development.This number was considered as an astronomical figure at the time of its leakage.

Here are the details of the Call of Duty game development cost disclosed by Kelly in court documents, which Game File has reviewed:

Black Ops 3 (2015): “Treyarch Studios spent three years developing the game by a team of hundreds of creatives, investing more than $450 million in development costs throughout the game’s lifecycle.) ” (Kelly also revealed that the sales volume of the game has reached 43 million copies)

Modern Warfare (2019): “Infinity Ward Studios spent years developing the game, and the development cost of over $640 million throughout the game life cycle.” (Sales 41 million copies)

Black Ops: Cold War (2020): “Treyarch and Raven Software Studios, a team of hundreds of creatives, spent years building the game, eventually investing more than $700 million in development costs throughout the life cycle.” (Sales 30 million copies)

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