The Budget for Star Citizen Now Exceeds a Half-Billion Dollars and Is More than That of Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and Red Dead Redemption Combined

[Peter_Brosdahl]

The budget for Star Citizen is on track to become one of the largest ever reported for a video game as it has now passed a major milestone. Having been in development for over a decade it makes sense that the budget for Star Citizen only continues to grow but what continues to draw criticism for it is that there seems to be no end in sight in regard to a completion date. Now, according to PlayerAuctions, after crossing this latest threshold, the game has exceeded the development costs of Cyberpunk 2077, Grand Theft Auto V, and Red Dead Redemption combined.

As galaxy-sized as this current budget appears to be it reportedly is still far under that of another game in development, GTA VI. Recently it was rumored that Rockstar Games could be spending upwards of $1-2 billion on the next installment.

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[MadMummy76]

Even if it released today it would already be irrelevant. So they do the only thing possible: string along the simps and whales for as long as possible.