Grand Theft Auto VI Being Made on a Multi-Billion Dollar Budget

[btarunr]

Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) could go down in history as the most expensive game production ever, with Rockstar Games pooling in anywhere between $1-2 billion. The open-world crime RPG is said to have the biggest map ever in the history of the franchise, with the most content (missions), and room for a vast multiplayer experience teetering on MMORPG. It is said to take gamers back to Vice City, the iconic setting that made GTA globally popular. The big budget could also mean Rockstar could rope in triple-A Hollywood actors to play key characters in the single-player campaign, as well as be playable characters in the multiplayer. Rockstar could also target nearly every gaming platform out there, spanning Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and possibly even handhelds.



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[Vya Domus]

From those leaked videos it sure as hell didn't look like billions of dollars.

 

[Chaitanya]

Just release the game already(would love to see physical copies being made available).

 

[64K]

This game is going to be a huge thing with most gamers if Rockstar does it right! GTA V sold around 175 million units and generated almost 8 billion dollars in revenue (including Shark Card sales) according to Take-Two.
Even if the budget for developing and marketing soars to two billion dollars Take-Two should still make a fortune on the game if Rockstar does it right. I expect it to release on console first and later on PC so that gamers that own both will double-dip.

 

[Dr. Dro]

From those leaked videos it sure as hell didn't look like billions of dollars.

That was a crude, sketch-level prototype build, though.

Just release the game already(would love to see physical copies being made available).

Absolutely no chance that's about to happen, physical media can't comport ongoing live-service games. Bet you this is going to have a very very heavy emphasis on GTA Online.

 

[Vayra86]

From those leaked videos it sure as hell didn't look like billions of dollars.

Destiny was also 100 million, we learned quickly the vast majority of that money went into marketing.

 

[Fouquin]

From those leaked videos it sure as hell didn't look like billions of dollars.

Unfinished game looked unfinished? What a shock.

Just release the game already(would love to see physical copies being made available).

No, because it's unfinished. Everyone will just complain about it being another buggy broken disappointment and we've had enough of those this year already.

 

[Kohl Baas]

Well, it has to be big. We won't see another for least until 2050.

 

[RadeonProVega]

From those leaked videos it sure as hell didn't look like billions of dollars.

Early stages of development, not sure what you're expecting with an unfinished product.

 

[Jalex459]

Rockstar usually do an excellent job with their PC ports and unlike most companies these days, release the software when it's good and ready. If that's 12-18 months after PS5 and Series X, as it was with V, so be it. There really is no rush.

 

[TheDeeGee]

That's gonna be a super fancy currency store then, with ray traced lootboxes and what have you.

 

[Chaitanya]

Rockstar usually do an excellent job with their PC ports and unlike most companies these days, release the software when it's good and ready. If that's 12-18 months after PS5 and Series X, as it was with V, so be it. There really is no rush.

Until release of GTA-5, for Rockstar PC ports were an afterthought and basically thowing crumbs at PC gamers. They didnt bother releasing quite a few of their console games(under GTA bannner) on PC ever to this day. Even their "definitive edition" skipped those titles and even that deifnitive edition was a shameless cash grab.

That was a crude, sketch-level prototype build, though.



Absolutely no chance that's about to happen, physical media can't comport ongoing live-service games. Bet you this is going to have a very very heavy emphasis on GTA Online.

Hate the current online delivery of games and given how companies can pull down servers at their whim have 0 faith in online only purchases.

 

[ZoneDymo]

I wonder if this will launch at 100 dollars

 

[Chomiq]

I wonder if this will launch at 100 dollars

They'll just sell it three times for different generations.

 

[Vya Domus]

Unfinished game looked unfinished? What a shock.

Early stages of development, not sure what you're expecting with an unfinished product.

That was a crude, sketch-level prototype build, though.

I worked in the gaming industry and I can tell you from experience that looked like a game closer to the end stages of development rather than the opposite, games don't change that much past that point, most of the design/functionality/visuals are already finalized.

Suffice to say unless they scrapped the project completely that's more or less how the final game will be.

 

[Chomiq]

I worked in the gaming industry and I can tell you from experience that looked like a game closer to the end stages of development rather than the opposite, games don't change that much past that point, most of the design/functionality/visuals are already finalized.

Suffice to say unless they scrapped the project completely that's more or less how the final game will be.

Sure it will.

 

[ilyon]

Hoping some PTR and DLSS. Without them, it's a NOGO.

And a game around 70 GB max, too, for the planet.

And free day one on EGS too.

 

[Vya Domus]

Sure it will.

For the record, I hope I am wrong but I doubt it.

I knew for example with 100% certainty cyberpunk will be a mess on launch the moment it was delayed for the first time while everyone else was coping about it till the day it was released and were convinced it will be the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[Jalex459]

Until release of GTA-5, for Rockstar PC ports were an afterthought and basically thowing crumbs at PC gamers. They didnt bother releasing quite a few of their console games(under GTA bannner) on PC ever to this day. Even their "definitive edition" skipped those titles and even that deifnitive edition was a shameless cash grab.


Hate the current online delivery of games and given how companies can pull down servers at their whim have 0 faith in online only purchases.

That 'Definitive Edition' was developed by a mobile developer, Grove Street Games, so really doesn't count IMO. Generally, their first party games have been great, with V and RDR2 offering outstanding quality, so I expect nothing less for VI.

 

[Chomiq]

For the record, I hope I am wrong but I doubt it.

I knew for example with 100% certainty cyberpunk will be a mess on launch the moment it was delayed for the first time while everyone else was coping about it till the day it was released and were convinced it will be the best thing since sliced bread.

Cyberpunk had release date. This one doesn't have one.

 

[yeeeeman]

Given it's an almost 10 years project, I would expect so...

 

[RadeonProVega]

Sure it will.

she's walking like she 600 pounds lol. never seen that before, wow.

 

[P4-630]

And free day one on EGS too.

Well, if you can wait 10 more years after release.....

 

[RadeonProVega]

For the record, I hope I am wrong but I doubt it.

I think you're joking and trying to be funny and its working

 

[MarsM4N]

I hope they hired someone who knows how to write a good script for the story mode. F.e. Quentin Tarantino (such a genius). Imagine the dialogues, lol.