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bystealth_finger ( 1809752 ) writes:
Just 3.7 million. Just. lol.
byScentCone ( 795499 ) writes:
Just 3.7 million. Just. lol.
It took five and a half years to make it. So, in perhaps over-simplified terms, that's ~$670k year working on it. Let's say you had six people working on the project, and had NO overhead at all beyond their personal income while making it. That's roughly $100k per person before they paid taxes, which is either pretty good or not very good at all, depending on where you live and how. But one supposes they also had some overhead. This wasn't done on their kids' laptops at night. There was music to compose, a
bystealth_finger ( 1809752 ) writes:
It cost 3.7 million. There should be no just here. Okay that's like a tenth or less than what usually is spent but still.
byScentCone ( 795499 ) writes:
It cost 3.7 million. There should be no just here. Okay that's like a tenth or less than what usually is spent but still.
So the people who made it should have been earning minimum wage, is that your point? Spread that dollar amount across five and half yeads and even modest team of people and their overhead, and they're making middle five figures after taxes. Is that a lot, to you?
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