Infinity Blade is Epic's 'most profitable' series
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Infinity Blade is the company's "most profitable" game series, in terms of "man years versus revenue."
If you get squeamish around the impending threat of mobile games, be advised that the content of this article is graphic and may disturb you. Infinity Blade is Epic's most profitable game franchise, according to CEO Tim Sweeney. The statistic comes with a few caveats, but it's still a pretty striking example of a rapidly changing games marketplace.
"The most profitable game we've ever made, in terms of man years invested versus revenue, is actually Infinity Blade," Sweeney told an audience at GDC Taipei, reported by Gamasutra. "It's more profitable than Gears of War." That "man years invested" part is important, as company co-founder Mark Rein was sure to accent that point. This is only about man years versus revenue, not total profit numbers.
Still, it makes plenty of sense. Infinity Blade was produced in a much shorter time period than Epic's big-budget blockbusters, so that shifts the ratio dramatically. It's easy to see how the mobile market would be tempting if a much smaller investment can yield these results, especially if they're bolstered by physical sales and microtransactions as Infinity Blade has been.
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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Infinity Blade is the company's "most profitable" game series, in terms of "man years versus revenue."-
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You assume that the amount needed to make a game like IB is close to a Gears title and it isn't. You could invest $100M into it, but you wouldn't make that back. The only option is to make a lot more smaller games and that's possible, but I kind of doubt a game like that could hold up for infinite sequels like a CoD or GoW game.
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Sounds like Epic is talking a LOT of shit.
I don't believe a fucking word they saying and I HIGHLY doubt this news.
Sounds more like pimp talk.
No way those attention deficient disorder "gamers" are all of a sudden becoming hardcore gamers. There is a reason Angry Pigeons is ranked numero uno. They want a quick in and out.