GTA VI will reportedly cost $2 Billion to develop and market

With each passing generation we have seen AAA games becoming more and more expensive to develop. Just recently it was revealed that The Last of Us Part II and Horizon Forbidden West both cost over $200 million to make. According to one report, Rockstar Games is spending 10 times as much on GTA VI.

As reported by popular YouTuber GameRiot, the insider took to Twitter to claim that “Grand Theft Auto 6 will reportedly cost $2 billion” adding that the game has “been in development since 2014 and will be the most expensive entertainment product of all time.”

Offering a bit more context, GameRiot stated that the $2 Billion figure “includes the whole development and advertising. And post launch content”. Trusted industry analyst Daniel Ahamad replied to the Tweet, lending credence to its legitimacy.

While the concept of GTA VI costing $2 Billion sounds ridiculous, the game has reportedly been in development for almost a decade. What’s more, GTA V, which released all the way back in 2013, was said to have cost over a quarter of a Billion Dollars to develop and market. Assuming Rockstar Games has a long-term plan for the game’s inevitable Online mode, the total cost of development will undoubtedly rack up over the years.

Last but not least, GTA V is said to have made over $7.7 Billion since its release back in 2013. With how much bigger GTA is nowadays after a decade of exposure to the prior entry, GTA VI will easily make its budget back. All that said, we will have to wait and see.

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