That wasn’t the case. In 2023 dollars, the LotR trilogy had a budget of around $513 million, eventually resulting in about 12 hours of finished product. RoP has a budget of about $150m for around 9 hours. So the trilogy spent $42m per hour compared to RoP’s $16m per hour.
Amazon baffled that throwing money at a problem doesn't work (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
It’s really interesting to see how out of touch with reality these folks are, really an eye opening article.