The development cost of "GTA6" may be far higher than we think. Although Bloomberg reports that the current development cost of overseas 3A games is around US$300 million, a recently leaked document suggests that the cost of "GTA6" may reach a terrifying US$3 billion, which is ten times the cost of ordinary 3A masterpieces.
Recently, some netizens posted on Reddit claiming that official British government documents detail Rockstar North's expenses, showing that the studio has spent 1.6 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) on salaries from 2019 to 2025.
Rockstar North is a studio located in Edinburgh, Scotland, England. It was founded in 1987. It was acquired by Take Two in 1999 and became a subsidiary of Rockstar Games.
If you add in the expenses and marketing expenses of Rockstar's other studios around the world, the cost of the game "GTA6" may exceed US$3 billion, making it the most expensive entertainment product in history.
However, netizens are not worried. Some netizens even joked that the US$3 billion may be recovered as soon as "GTA6" starts pre-sales...
