Bioshock Infinite - the $200 million 6 hour literally on rails interactive movie with guns thread

[Sodafish]

Ah, my bad. I saw the kotaku logo and just assumed such rampant corporate shilling wouldn't be out of place.

 

[Brinko]

Yeah didn't understand the kotaku thing, might've tried implicating them because Levine is throwing a shitfit over people spoiling his brilliant work.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Kotaku badge was just more fucking around. There was a different person actually running the stream who was dicking with putting things up. Like Elizabeth freaking out about a bee turned into NOT THE BEES, etc.

 

[Metro]

Imagine how bad the next sequel will be...

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I'm not surprised that Chris "wolves" Avellone likes Infinite. It's tailor-made for players like him.

Chris "Wolfgang(rape)" Avellone.

 

[evdk]

Imagine how bad the next sequel will be...

It will be turn based with grid like movement. You know Ken.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Fuck MCA.
What does Tim Cain think?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Imagine how bad the next sequel will be...

You... You may want to avoid looking at your Steam community feed for a while.

 

[Metro]

 

[SearchEngine]

So would you all say that this was a better ending than Mass Effect 3?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Silence from God Cain tells us all we need know.
He saw it was shit, and did not waste his valuable time playing it.
Bravo Tim Cain!

 

[Jaesun]

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo1m
“@destructoid: BioShock Infinite among most expensive games of all time http://dtoid.it/ZCjNVn ” I can't wait to play.

 

[Infinitron]

200 MILLION DOLLARS



in b4 Ken Levine unemployment

 

[evdk]

Oh please. People will buy this in droves.

 

[Infinitron]

Oh please. People will buy this in droves.

Enough to recoup 200 million dollars? That's the budget of SWTOR! It would need to sell like 7-8 million copies if that figure is true.

 

[evdk]

What sales would that have to be? 15 million?

 

[SearchEngine]

They better have the money to pay those critics to give the game a REALLY good rep then.

 

[DeepOcean]

200 MILLION DOLLARS



in b4 Ken Levine unemployment

My God, this thing have to sell at least 3,3 million copies to break even, if the publisher could get the whole $60,00 from each copy.

 

[Infinitron]

My God, this thing have to sell at least 3,3 million copies to break even, if the publisher could get the whole $60,00 from each copy.

Which they don't, of course.

But yeah, prepare for DLC whoring to up that profit margin.

 

[Average Manatee]

Publisher gets back some $40-45 a copy. That's about 5 million sales to break even. I can see that, but it's certainly not a good rate of return unless they get much, much more sales than I think they will.

 

[Captain Shrek]

This is one of the most pretentious game endings I've ever had the misfortune to witness. Can we go back in time and drown Levine?

Please don't. Or we will have to suffer from Bioshock Infinite infinite.

 

[Metro]

They already have a season pass planned. You could tell they're desperate to move it given the number of 2K promotions for preordering (including previous bioshocks, X-Com, $20 credit, etc.) Sad that $200 million goes into making shit like this -- Fargo could make forty good games with that.

 

[SearchEngine]

This is one of the most pretentious game endings I've ever had the misfortune to witness. Can we go back in time and drown Levine?

Please don't. Or we will have to suffer from Bioshock Infinite infinite.

Or that the Bioshock series wouldn't exist.

 

[Captain Shrek]

This is one of the most pretentious game endings I've ever had the misfortune to witness. Can we go back in time and drown Levine?

Please don't. Or we will have to suffer from Bioshock Infinite infinite.

Or that the Bioshock series wouldn't exist.

Only in ANOTHER parallel universe sadly.

 

[Average Manatee]

I don't think anyone could make forty good games on any budget. But Fargo could probably make better ones than Bioshock Infinite.

How is the game length-wise? Whats our investment-to-playtime ratio nowadays, 20 million dollars per hour? 50 million per hour? It's disgusting to think about.

EDIT: Apparently around the 5-6 hour mark. So we're looking at ~35 million dollars per hour of playtime. Including non-interactive cutscenes and all of that bullshit. Say what you want about TOR but at least Bioware managed a lot more content for those who love the MMO treadmills.