• @[email protected]
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    583 months ago

    …how does ANY game cost $400,000,000?

    No, seriously: does that include an unlimited drugs and hookers for the c-levels budget or something?

      • @[email protected]
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        123 months ago

        Imagine getting 2000-ish people to work on a project for 6 years just to fart out a hero shooter who’s main claim to fame is being dead on arrival.

    • @Valmond
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      103 months ago

      Wasn’t GTA 5 like 100 millions? I mean it’s insane but in the ballpark.

      • @omarfw
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        233 months ago

        265 million in 2013 money which is 358 million in 2024 money.

      • @[email protected]
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        73 months ago

        IIRC, it’s more like 250 million, but 250 million is still basically half of whatever this generic-ass live-service FPS game ended up costing, and it’s certainly not to the scope or scale of GTA5.

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          I feel like they could have come up with a copycat hero shooter for like 20 million tops.

          • @Valmond
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            33 months ago

            I’ll do it for 5!

      • @ripcord
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        73 months ago

        It’s over $850M at the moment.

        • @[email protected]
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          53 months ago

          And none of it is at a loss. People gladly fork over money and are happy getting fleeced. Not even mad at them, anymore.