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Selling Engines

by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 07, 2003 7:46am PST

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There is an article on Newsobserver.com, taking a look at the business of selling game engines. Though the article mainly looks at NDL's NetImmerse engine (powered Morrowind and Freedom Force among other games), Epic's Unreal engine is mentioned as well (complete with price tag). Thanks HomeLAN Fed.

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They used the same engine for Freedom Force as Morrowind?

Mar 07, 2003 4:17pm PST

They used the same engine for Freedom Force as Morrowind? : Kerath

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600,000k is a BIG chunk of a companies developement costs. Think about it.. if a game gets funding for 2,000,000 (which is probably on the low end now.. I am just a programmer, I know nothing about budgets) that means that over a quarter of your funding is going straight to another developer.

I am not saying that it isn't worth it, particuarly if it means your art team can start producing day 1, but .. thats a lot!

Mar 07, 2003 11:24am PST

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600,000k is a BIG chunk of a companies developement costs. Think about it.. if a game gets funding for 2... : cannelbrae
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- Well developing an engine from scratch can consume a pretty large amount of resources. In many cases I w... : spl

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damn thats a lot of money,
" A handful of elite game development studios, including Raleigh-based Epic Games, also sell their own game engines. Mark Rein, Epic Games' vice president, said he is headed to San Jose this week to show the Unreal Engine to game developers. The engine -- which powered the "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell" game -- carries a price tag of $300,000 per game, plus 3 percent of game royalties, or $600,000 with no royalties due."

Mar 07, 2003 8:24am PST

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damn thats a lot of money, " A handful of elite game development studios, including Raleigh-based Epic G... : Silent1
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- no doubt man : neo69
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  which do you think developers would use? I think it would be somwhat difficult to choose if you give them... : Joseph
  - hehe i would like to see the doom3 licensing, probably put that one to shame. : Silent1

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Think of studios spending money to buy engine as gaining money not losing some. Build a proprietary engine cost a lost of money and time. For not that much more money they get an already fully working full featured powerfull engine they can start to use right away. And of course by getting a good engine like UT they end up with a much better than what they could have done in house..

Mar 07, 2003 8:48am PST

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Think of studios spending money to buy engine as gaining money not losing some. Build a proprietary engin... : pillzer
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- Not only that, but it gives them some free advertising as well. A title such as "Company X announce... : Anti_dentite
- Exactly. Development times can usually be cut to under a whole year if you have a motivated team. At that... : Flawless Cowboy

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Anybody else read that new sob server?

Mar 07, 2003 8:07am PST

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Anybody else read that new sob server? : intothefray
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- I know you and you know me, I know you and you know me, I know you and you know me, and it's a sob ser... : Schnapple

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wow.. unreal engine costs 12x more than netimmerse? funny, its just about as shitty.. its too bad id charges silly amounts of money

Mar 07, 2003 8:26am PST

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wow.. unreal engine costs 12x more than netimmerse? funny, its just about as shitty.. its too bad id char... : jaga
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- According to Id's site: "For a single title license, we charge a $250,000 guarantee against a 5% royal... : Reignman