Well, you should then read the entire article again, since you stopped reading, and you stopped reading in a part you read wrong, since nowhere in the article h

Well, you should then read the entire article again, since you stopped reading, and you stopped reading in a part you read wrong, since nowhere in the article he says Ultima was more expensive to make than Wing Commander, he only mentions "cheaper" Wing Commander "spin offs", and didn't said cheaper in relation to what... it could be cheaper than the original wing commander, that notoriously is credited as being the first AAA game ever (Wing Commander was the first game that splurged millions to make, and it not even broke even, ever. Only reason it is considered a success was that the franchise as whole ended being very profitable and eventually paid off the costs of the first game).