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Nearly 90% Of Developers Surveyed Say Premium Games Don't Need Microtransactions (insider-gaming.com)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The estimates I saw were around $650M for each. Maybe that doesn't count post-launch DLC.

It's also raw revenue rather than net profit (I guarantee Blizzard had an advertising budget orders of magnitude larger than Larian) so it's very possible Larian kept more of what it made.

They are in the same ballpark in terms of successful game making, however you slice it. Both could make an argument for why their model of development worked and why this proves doing things their way is the best method for making money.