Good one? If they don't nail this as the greatest game of all time they should be ashamed of themselves.
2B dollars coat for making one video game? That's more then any video game in history .
If I had told you 10 years ago that a video game would cost 2B dollars to make for a company, you'd have called me insane.
Just to put it into perspective the 2 most expensive video games that have been made are cyberpunk 2077 which cost 440M usd and marvel spiderman 2 which cost 315M usd.
The most developed game which hasn't been realesed however is star citizen which once realesed on play station will have costs 630M usd to make.
Gta 6 costing 2B to make pretty much makes it nearly 6X more expensive then the 2nd most expensive developed video game of all time.
Ik cost isn't the only factor as Marvel spiderman 2 and cyberpunk 2077 are no where close to the greatest games of all time but still 2 Bloody billion dollars?
How on earth can you not be no 1 with that budget?
Theirs absolutely no excuse to not make every feature from story mode, to online, to gameplay, to map + activities, to side missions and main missions, absolutely pitch perfect.
Here are the costs of most expensive video games in terms of development budget of all time.
1) Gta 6 = 2B usd
2) Start citizen = 630M USD
3) Cyberpunk 2077 = 440M USD
4) Marvel Spiderman 2= 330M USD
5) Last of Us part 2= 220M usd
6) Horizon Forbidden West= 212M Usd
7) Call of Duty Modern warfare 2= 200M Usd
8) Calisto Protocol= 162M USD
9) Tied Destiny + Undawn = 140M USD
10) Immortals of Aveum = 125M USD
^^ GTA 6 is leading the charts.
Even if you count ongoing costs, no game comes close
Genshin impact ongoing updates and development costs has reached 900M usd, the coat of development on launch was 100M which is still way way way behind Gta 6 Costs.
Gta 5 total cost has reached 265M usd since launch while development was 90M usd.
Gta 6 hasn't even launched and it's already at 2B, imagine how much more costs will be incurred once patches, Online support etc etc are implemented.
Plus they'll probs have to remake the game for PlayStation 6 and the new xbox because no way a game like Gta 6 is not getting next Gen support. Inpredict PlayStation 6 to launch in 2028.