God of War III cost Sony Santa Monica US$44 million to make, according to director of product development John Hight.
“We are stamping discs now, so we’re effectively done. Just got a couple of countries that we’re finishing up on this week and we spent $44 million to make God of War III,” explained Hight in an interview with Giant Bomb. “Believe it or not, that's right within budget.”
A lot of that budget went towards growing the development team to more than four times that which worked on the original God of War.
“We finished up God of War II with roughly 60 people which was more than double God of War I and now we've finished off God of War III with 132 people,” Hight said, adding: “The biggest area that we grew was graphics on the art side.”