{"id":439155,"date":"2025-09-20T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439155\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T18:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:50:16","slug":"ghost-of-yotei-budget-almost-the-same-as-predecessor-unlike-other-playstation-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439155\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost of Yotei Budget Almost The Same As Predecessor Unlike Other PlayStation Sequels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story Highlight<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sucker Punch says Ghost of Yotei budget and scope are quite similar to its predecessor.<\/li>\n<li>This marks a change in PlayStation\u2019s policy where sequels got a huge budget increase.<\/li>\n<li>It shows the shift in policies to tackle increasing budgets and the risk of failure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ghost of Yotei is set to release in just a couple of weeks amid all the <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/ghost-of-yotei-trailer-bombarded-with-dislikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversy<\/a> surrounding it. While most PlayStation sequels have seen a tremendous increase in budgets, their <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/ghost-of-yotei-high-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming title<\/a> will change the tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Sucker Punch\u2019s co-founder, <strong>Ghost of Yotei has a similar budget to that of Ghost of Tsushima<\/strong>, and it also had almost the same number of developers working on it, with the same development time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>Previously, we have seen that PlayStation bumps the sequel budgets of its hit titles to a ridiculous amount, but considering the financial situation and inflation, it has decided to keep the scope similar this time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313506 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"ghost of yotei female lead\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1098\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ghost-of-yotei-featured-female-lead.jpg\"\/>The Ghost of Yotei budget is quite similar to that of Ghost of Tsushima<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/sucker-punch-brian-fleming-interview-playstation-ghost-of-yotei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Game File<\/a> (paywalled), Brian Fleming talked about how <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/ghost-of-yotei-state-of-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a> had a very similar development timeline to that of its predecessor. Ghost of Tsushima cost around $60 million, so the sequel also had a similar budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When we look at the financials and the costs, the man years, the amount of months that the team\u2014times the size of the team\u2014worked on it, [it\u2019s] very, very similar, actually<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Brian Fleming<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a huge step in a different direction, as the budgets used to be huge. For context, Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man had a budget of $90 million, and <strong>with Spider-Man 2, it was bumped up to $300 million.<\/strong> Similar trends were seen with The Last of Us and Horizon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319973 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"ghost of yotei\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ghost-of-yotei-gameplay-featured.jpg\"\/>The budget is much less compared to other PS sequels<\/p>\n<p>So, on average, <strong>we saw a budget increase of over 200% with older sequels<\/strong>, which isn\u2019t the case anymore. This could be because many major companies are changing their approaches and decreasing budgets.<\/p>\n<p>If a game that <a href=\"https:\/\/tech4gamers.com\/spider-man-2-pc-worst-playstation-launches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs $300 million<\/a> fails, it costs the company a lot. While not a single-player game, we saw this when Concord failed. Since then, Sony has been more considerate about budget and its game development policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the Ghost of Yotei budget being almost the same as its predecessor? Let us know your opinions in the comments or join the discussion at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.tech4gamers.com\/threads\/ghost-of-yotei-has-similar-budget-to-ghost-of-tsushima.3828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech4Gamers Forum<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Was our article helpful? \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbb<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udc4dYes<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udc4eNo\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yes-title\">Thank you! Please share your positive feedback. \ud83d\udd0b<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-title\">How could we improve this post? Please Help us. \ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSubmit&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abdullah Waseem\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/083492095e882b3b1acb9e0b2420b7fb\"\/><\/p>\n<p>News Reporter<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah is an avid gamer who primarily plays single-player titles. If you can\u2019t find him anywhere, he\u2019ll probably be at his desk playing The Witcher 3 for the millionth time. When he isn\u2019t playing games, he\u2019s either reading or writing about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Story Highlight Sucker Punch says Ghost of Yotei budget and scope are quite similar to its predecessor. 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