{"id":1341,"date":"2026-10-14T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:00:24","slug":"rockstar-says-gta-6-didnt-cost-1-5-billion-to-make-but-wont-reveal-the-real-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=1341","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar Says GTA 6 Didn\u2019t Cost $1.5 Billion To Make, But Won\u2019t Reveal The Real Number"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s no secret that video game development is more expensive than ever before, and in a hit-driven industry, Grand Theft Auto VI<\/a> is rumored to be the most expensive game ever made. Various numbers have been thrown around, with one report even claiming that $1.5 billion was spent–around the budget of Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa skyscraper.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Bloomberg<\/a>, Rockstar shot down that claim, but it hasn’t confirmed just how much investment it has taken to get the game over the finish line for its November release. With years of development<\/a>\u00a0behind it, multiple studios–including one Los Angeles-based division focused exclusively on NPCs<\/a>–and scores of employees working on it, that final price tag is likely to be quite high, but it is expected that GTA 6 will quickly recoup its expenses and start generating some serious profits for Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive.<\/p>\n

The game has reportedly already sold 5+ million copies through preorders<\/a>, generating more than half a billion dollars, and that number is expected to climb to 25 million preorders by launch day, pushing the numbers up to $2 billion<\/a>. It’s worth noting that preorders aren’t guaranteed sales–Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has commented on this<\/a>–so these figures could always change.<\/p>\n

Rockstar is already making bank without even selling the game, as the $400 GTA 6 collector’s edition<\/a> has also proven popular since it went up for preorder a few weeks ago–and it’s a merchandise-only box of GTA 6 swag.<\/p>\n

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