You need 10 million minimum to make a MMORPG.  Less than that any company will fail, being big, small, or with good ideas. Will they hit that mark with funding?

I am talking base line.  You can toss as much money as you want at something but it can still fail (SWTOR is a good example).  Bare minimum to make a MMO float is 10 million.

Hi,

Here is the link to the video where Mark explains it out.  Its very clear, and will answer the question to this post. 

http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/read/26814/Mark-Jacobs-Dishes-On-Everything.html

Here is the cliffnotes version I think. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/CamelotUnchained/comments/18j37h/quick_dirty_summary_of_mark_jacobs_mmorpgcom/

These links should answer your questions completely.

Originally posted by -Zeno-

You need 10 million minimum to make a MMORPG.  Less than that any company will fail, being big, small, or with good ideas. Will they hit that mark with funding?

I am talking base line.  You can toss as much money as you want at something but it can still fail (SWTOR is a good example).  Bare minimum to make a MMO float is 10 million.

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Originally posted by SavageHorizon

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Originally posted by -Zeno-

You need 10 million minimum to make a MMORPG.  Less than that any company will fail, being big, small, or with good ideas. Will they hit that mark with funding?

I am talking base line.  You can toss as much money as you want at something but it can still fail (SWTOR is a good example).  Bare minimum to make a MMO float is 10 million.

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Lets see your calculations, don't just pull a random figure out of your head.

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I would also like to see the numbers.

Originally posted by -Zeno-

You need 10 million minimum to make a MMORPG.  Less than that any company will fail, being big, small, or with good ideas. Will they hit that mark with funding?

I am talking base line.  You can toss as much money as you want at something but it can still fail (SWTOR is a good example).  Bare minimum to make a MMO float is 10 million.

10 mil is reasonable if you're one of those run-of-the-mill MMOs that try to appeal to anyone and everyone. This is the exact opposite. They're taking the game back to the niche crowd, where old school MMOs were. No PvE means less money spent on voice acting, new raids every few months, etc. He said it would take around 5 million to release the game at it's core. This guy has tons of MMO and business experience. And then there's you. I think I'll take Mark's word over yours.

It all depends on feature set and the amount of artwork required.  10 million could be low for a complex project or quite high for one that's less resource intensive.

Where did you get this 10 million figure? You can do great projects with way less. Look at Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous.

On the other hand, god knows how BW was able to spend 200 Million on SWTOR though. Probably free Ferraris for everyone including the cleaning personnel..

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Originally posted by FromHell
Where did you get this 10 million figure? You can do great projects with way less. Look at Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous.

On the other hand, god knows how BW was able to spend 200 Million on SWTOR though. Probably free Ferraris for everyone including the cleaning personnel..

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You can figure they spent +700k on their engine though, possibly 1.4m, its hard to get a proper number on what that engine costs.