Nowadays, it is not unusual for a game to have a development
budget of millions of dollars.
So next time someone tells you their awesome new mobile game with
a budget of millions of dollars and a staff of forty people, you tell them to shut up because Vector Unit makes awesome games and the whole company fits inside a Smart Car (almost).
Games Industry veteran and marketing & PR guru Brian Baglow presents to Scotland's buzzing games development sector the ins and outs of good marketing for games; revealing that it doesn't necessarily require
a budget of millions to tell the world about your next (or first) big blockbuster title.
So you think that an organization like NARAL would just disregard their own interests to make up for a few thousand dollars of donations when they have
a budget of MILLIONS?
They make money by giving each other jobs — I've been to Houston for example, and they should have NO more poor in that city... ONE church has
a budget of millions and there are dozens of mega churches in the Houston area.
Given the cost of land in urban areas, it is not unreasonable for a congregation purchasing and building their own sanctuary, to have
a budget of a million dollars, or more.
Whereas big PlayStation titles require teams of hundreds and
budgets of millions, a downloadable indie title can be built by one or two people on a cheap PC.
Not exact matches
Though the Harper government has been maligned for paring the CTC's
budget to $ 58
million a year — less than that
of New York City — it did negotiate Approved Destination Status with China prior to the 2010 Olympics.
And simpler games that work well on mobile usually don't require massive
budgets and teams
of hundreds to produce; smaller development
budgets mean they don't need to sell
millions of copies to turn a profit, and there's more room for creative risk.
Games have consequently ballooned in scope over the decades to the point where they typically require $ 100 -
million budgets, teams
of hundreds and several years to produce.
Elliott declined to comment on Express's revenue numbers, users, or its
budget (the latter
of which Recode reported as $ 500
million per year in 2014).
Many
of the NDP - friendly measures were announced before the
budget was unveiled, including $ 185
million to reduce wait times for seniors needing home care and $ 295
million to reduce youth unemployment — both exceeding the NDP's monetary demands.
The latest batch
of recommendations also includes a fund
of about $ 100
million to help promising smaller companies expand, and a suggestion that the federal government use its $ 18 - billion procurement
budget to favour young companies that need an anchor client.
Far from offering the sort
of insightful, well - informed take that has brought the site as many as 35
million monthly uniques and won kudos from everyone from Nas to Junot D?az, they were more akin to the sort
of juvenile remark one might find buried in the comments thread on a low -
budget news aggregator: cruel, idiotic, shockingly insensitive, and misogynistic.
Doubling
of the Treasury Board's
budget for open data and open government initiatives, providing an additional $ 11.5
million over five years for these activities.
STX Entertainment's inaugural film has already grossed $ 23.6
million on a
budget of $ 5
million.
The agency is identified by the government as a monitor
of global communication systems, with a $ 350 -
million budget.
Raising the federal minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current level, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one
million workers out
of poverty, according to a 2014 report by the Congressional
Budget Office.
In all, «The Camp Gyno» attracted close to 6
million views in its first month online — not too shabby for a video reportedly produced on a
budget of just $ 6,000.
But, on first glance, it appears that the new draft bill won't do much to change the Congressional
Budget Office's initial assessments that tens
of millions of people would lose coverage and that costs would spike substantially for people who are old, poor, or sick (or all three).
Starting with just a few hundred dollars and no marketing
budget, Michael Epstein founded a manufacturer, distributor and retailer
of consumer electronics that achieved a
million dollars in sales in its first year and continued to expand, generating tens
of millions in revenue.
South Korea approved a $ 2.64
million budget to cover the costs
of hosting the North Koreans during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
The agency started with1, 470 agents and a
budget of less than $ 75
million.
South Korea approved a record 2.86 billion won ($ 2.64
million)
budget to bankroll the cost
of hosting hundreds
of visiting North Koreans during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Previous analyses
of that effort suggested it would cost even more losses in health care coverage (to the tune
of 32
million fewer insured by 2026, according to the Congressional
Budget Office) compared to the Senate's current bill and foster sharp premium spikes.
Each
of the two previous films have generally positive Rotten Tomatoes ratings, and they fared reasonably well at the box office ($ 170
million in global gross for Cloverfield and $ 110
million for 10 Cloverfield Lane) for lower -
budget movies.
They nearly doubled the
budget ahead
of the Handmaid's premiere, a move said to push it above $ 10
million, and bought a Super Bowl ad at the going rate
of $ 5
million.
WHILE B Digital's plan for world domination may not have eventuated it has certainly gained a significant national presence in the mobile telecommunications industry and, with an advertising
budget of $ 8.5
million, is a big fish in Perth's advertising waters.
In Montana, lawmakers already could have an excess
of $ 500
million to work with when they write a
budget in 2013.
In fact, these features comprise the majority
of the Air Force One
budget, as the planes themselves cost approximately $ 380
million each.
The Tories are making a $ 700 -
million tax grab by what it politely describes in the 2014
budget as «restoring the effectiveness
of the excise duty on tobacco products.»
Now the band has become a flourishing corporation that employs hundreds
of people and has an annual
budget of more than $ 17
million.
Ohio's share
of the lump - sum payout would be $ 23
million, hardly pocket change but still a fraction
of the state's $ 56 billion two - year
budget.
The CPB accounts for far less than 1 %
of the federal government's annual
budget (it was allocated $ 445
million in 2016).
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has said the state, which is facing a $ 117
million budget shortfall next fiscal year, can't rely on those lottery winnings — and,
of course, no state can.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel drew the ire
of Chicago's police union last year when he proposed slashing the police department's
budget by $ 190
million, The Chicago Sun - Times reported.
If all goes well, and the next 7 - year EU
budget plans are approved, that could turn into a
budget of 100
million euros ($ 120
million) a year, with some 200,000 teenagers getting to know the joys
of EU - wide Interrail travel.
After years
of budget cuts, the U.S. Small Business Administration is finally getting a $ 730
million boost from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009.
• Expanding upon data gleaned from the «black
budget,» the NSA is found to be paying hundreds
of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks.
That balkanization is evident in the City
of Vancouver's paltry economic development
budget, which sits at about $ 2.7
million.
Based on Trump's 2017
budget request for $ 2.6 billion to plan, design and build 75 miles
of wall, Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill's office estimated the per - mile cost would be about $ 37
million, or nearly $ 67 billion for the entire 2,000 - mile border.
Analysts were forecasting weekend sales
of $ 41
million to $ 47
million for the Spielberg film, a respectable opening for a movie with a production
budget set at $ 150
million to $ 175
million by people with knowledge
of the matter, and additional
millions in marketing costs.
The company will invest 90 per cent
of its 2018 capital
budget of between $ 535
million and $ 585
million in the United States, most in North Dakota Bakken light oil wells, where production is expected to grow by 30 per cent.
Despite receiving a $ 290
million budget increase — the first significant increase approved by Congress in six years — IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says the agency won't be able to replace hundreds
of tax - compliance employees expected to retire this year, according to a media briefing reported by USAToday.
Under McCall's charge, the
budget airline beat its earnings target yet again in 2014, with profits
of $ 957
million, up 28 %, and the stock price up 11 % even as competitors battled losses in a tough business environment.
The government promises to assemble a «dedicated high - impact sales force to promote Canada» with a
budget of about $ 40
million a year.
The National Tertiary Education Union has argued that the impact
of the federal
budget cuts would leave Western Australia's universities almost $ 500
million worse off.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has to cut $ 92
million, or 5 percent, from its annual
budget as a result
of sequestration.
However, even in the absence
of that one - time boost, the projected trajectory
of revenues is such that by 2015 - 16 the
budget should generate a surplus
of over $ 700
million.
During next year, Williams said, the aim is to «generate a half billion dollars for publishers» — a figure derived from getting 10
million users to each set up a monthly
budget of $ 5.