The wildest video game budgets can't hold a candle to GTA 6

GTA 6 is thought to be the most expensive entertainment product ever made, eclipsing Hollywood movies and other video games by hundreds of millions of dollars. The wildest video game budgets can’t hold a candle to GTA 6. Gaming The wildest video game budgets can’t hold a candle to GTA 6 The latest Grand Theft Auto is thought to be the most expensive entertainment product ever made.

Hollywood studios routinely spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a single movie that can have a multi-year production schedule. But video games have actually become just as expensive to produce of late, sometimes even surpassing major films. Case in point: Grand Theft Auto VI looks set to become the most expensive game ever created.

While Rockstar Games hasn’t publicly disclosed how much it has spent so far, analysts peg the estimated budget at well over $1 billion, with some putting the current figure at around $1.5 billion. That puts GTA VI in rarefied territory, as it outpaces the known budgets of both major theatrical releases and other AAA games. So what has caused video game development to become so expensive and why is GTA VI ‘s budget in particular eclipsing other big names.

How much is Rockstar Games spending on GTA VI.