Deus Ex Creator: Lengthy Games No More

While gamers crave longer and longer games, Deus Ex series creator Warren Spector believes that shorter games will come as development budgets continue to increase.”

Game costs are going to be $35-40 million, even $100 million, and the expectations are huge,” he said at last week’s Game Education Summit. “You have to differentiate yourselves. One-hundred hour games are on the way out.

“How many of you have finished [Grand Theft Auto IV]? Two percent, probably. If we’re spending $100 million on a game, we want you to see the last level,” he continued. “Building a game is as complex as making as a Hollywood movie… It used to be that you could trade off gameplay for graphics, but you can’t do that anymore .”

Spector is currently working at the Disney-owned Junction Point Studios. The studio is yet to announce or release any games.