D1- Realistic Budget

D1- Budgeting

 The cost of my game will be broken down into sections, with each department gaining some of the budget. For example, the Marketing will receive 44% of the budget, programming will receive 12% of the budget, Art will receive 37%, Manufacturing will receive 2%, debugging will earn 3% and any other department will receive the final 6% divided by how many departments remain.

 The budgeting of AAA games often lies between $20 Million and $60 Million and there is very little breakdown information available for AAA games that would allow me to make a more accurate decision about my budget. Based on the idea that Destiny (2014) had a production budget of $140M and Call of Duty: Elite (2011) had a production budget of $50M, I am going to pitch to The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros a budget of $100M with a contingency of $30 million. This means that Marketing will receive $44M, Programming will receive $12M, Art will receive $37M, Manufacturing will receive $2M, Debugging will receive $3M and any other department will receive $6M divided by how many departments remain.


Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-budget-breakdown-of-AAA-games