Leaks suggest that the initial cost of GTA 6 could be $2 billion, making it the most expensive video game ever made. As exciting as the GTA 6 trailer was last December, in the end it didn’t reveal much about the game that either hadn’t been leaked beforehand or wasn’t something you could easily have guessed at (like the graphics being amazing). So far, the leaks have been generally quite accurate, with things like the dual protagonists (including their names) and the Vice City setting having been know about for months in advance.
The most accurate details have come from the infamous Rockstar hack and this also includes an estimate of how much the game is costing to make: a staggering $2 billion. Whether that figure is right or wrong Rockstar Games, and owner Take-Two, are never likely to confirm the exact amount, but previous estimates have put the price of GTA 5’s development at $265 million. That instantly becomes blurred though, once you take into account the two remasters so far and the fact that GTA Online has been getting constant updates over the course of the last decade.
$2 billion would be far more than any known game, with Spider-Man 2 believed to be one of the most expensive of recent times, with a budget in excess of $300 million . Considering the fact that GTA 6 is not only a follow-up to the most successful video game of all time but also a live service title, the price tag almost becomes irrelevant. Especially as GTA 5 made $1 billion within just three.