The last big Rockstar game, Grand Theft Auto IV, cost roughly US$100 million. Update 2: Daily Mail was just guessing?
http://lastchance.cc/385519/the-most-expensive-game-budget-ever%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
According to the UK’s Daily Mail (yes, yes, I know), Red Dead Redemption is giving GTA a run for…its money. From the paper: “Makers Rockstar Games are thought to have spent up to $100million on the long-awaited project.”
No word on where that figure came from. The game was first shown in 2005 and had a rocky development, it seems.
https://lastchance.cc/alleged-unfair-work-conditions-at-rockstar-san-diego-5444150%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kotaku is following up with Rockstar and will update if the developer comments.
Update: According to the New York Times, development costs were between $80 – $100 million.
Update 2: UK outlet Develop spoke to the Mail, reporting that the paper seems to have guessed at the $100 million figure, quoting an unnamed source at the Mail as saying “It’s not based on anything we have heard about.”
Red Dead Redemption: Groundbreaking video game lets players relive the Wild West | Mail Online [Mail Online Thanks, Sweet Music!]
