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I think most estimates place the budget of GTA 6 at well north of $1000M. That said, based on public data, it's #2 on wikipedia[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_g...

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Yes, but a _significant_ portion of those are marketing. If you look only at development costs, nothing comes close to Star Citizen.

Wouldn't you argue that Star Citizen is mostly marketing?

Not paid (and expensive) marketing, like billboards, TV ads, whole campaigns across many media, etc.

They're spending their money on development, just really irresponsibly.

That entry for "Monopoly Go!" is unintentionally hilarious because of the incomplete information:

"Marketing: $500m; Total: $500m"

Yeah, that sounds about right.

> By March 2024, the game generated $2 billion in revenue just 10 months after launch and three months after hitting $1 billion.

This is absolutely wild.

That's... surprising. But it kinda goes to the whole "the stuff that people really care about on social media is really only part of the picture" thing.

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