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Hahahaha - the poll doesn't have an option that is anywhere even CLOSE!
....and I'm speaking from setting up in China where it is about 20% of what it would have cost me in Australia!
Try AU$4M~$5M and that's IN CHINA!!! You can at least double or 4X that or even more for the USA/Europe/Australia
It does depend on exactly what level of factory you want to build as well.....
Quoted from scarybeard:approached? Here's a theory, tell me what you think:
1, make a prototype table. This can be made in someones garage. so location costs are essentially zero. Stream the process, interact with community, get feedback on the game as its in production. But materials and tools expect under 10K to build a prototype allowing mis steps and mistakes to be made.
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This is so wrong it made me laugh! You have only looked at hardware costs - how about $20~30K for audio, $20~40K for animations, $10~20K for artwork, $25~150K for programming and a whole heap of other expenses that are mostly out of your control.
That's well over $100K before you cut a piece of wood or order in a standard flipper assembly. How about interface PCBs (if you use standard PC hardware) and the many other specialised PCBs required - who will design them? Electronic engineers worth employing cost $80~150K a year. They are expensive EVEN in China!
Quoted from Sliderpoint:Wow, you don't read the homebrew threads much. Ain't no way any of those folks have dropped 100k to build one machine in their garage.
You are right, I don't read them. They are not building a commercial product.
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