Matthew Byrd Oct 19, 2017

A lot of money was spent promoting Dead Space 2, but it didn't seem to have much of an impact, if a new report's anything to go by...

Following news that EA had decided to shut down developer Visceral Games, new information has appeared which suggests that the studio's financial woes may stretch all the way back to the development of Dead Space 2.

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Former Visceral level designer Zach Wilson took to Twitter and revealed that Dead Space 2 cost about $60 million to produce. Despite the costs, the game only sold around 4 million copies. 

Wilson also noted that EA was "merciless" when it came to their spending on Dead Space 2. Wilson hinted that a large chunk of that money went towards the game's promotion which may have severely cut into the eventual profits from the sequel's seemingly respectable sales figures.