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[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 65 points 2 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?

[-] sus@programming.dev 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the credits for concord list 2000 employees. It was also in development for 6 years (I would guess it probably suffered "development hell")

https://www.mobygames.com/game/229488/concord/credits/playstation-5/

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

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

[-] omarfw@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

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

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.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'll do it for 5!

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Star citizen. I think it has passed that? Still only in early alpha

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's over $850M at the moment.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month 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.

[-] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Brought to you by John Belushi.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

The only way to really explain the cost

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