Speaking during an interview with the French website Le Figaro, David Cage – Quantic Dream’s studio lead and the writer/director of Beyond: Two Souls – confirmed that the game has had a production budget of €20 million. Converting that to dollars gives us the figure of a little over $27 million.
In the interests of statistics, the studio’s previous effort, the 2010 thriller Heavy Rain, cost €16.7 million – or $22.2 million dollars. Compare that to the hottest game out right now – GTA V – which supposedly cost over $137 million, and Beyond: Two Souls was developed on a shoestring.
One reason being speculated for the budget increase over its predecessor is the appearance of A-list Hollywood talent in the form of Ellen Page (who plays the main character Jodie) and her co-star, Willem Dafoe. The Hollywood-like presentation certainly lends itself the big-budget feel.
Beyond: Two Souls is released exclusively on PS3 this October. What do you think?
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