Written on February 3rd, 2013 by Jennifer Viez

Is GTA 5 the most expensive single player game ever? $137 million estimated

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GTA 5 the trunk

GTA 5 has been in development for over four years now.

We also have an estimate of how much its predecessor GTA 4 cost, and according to official estimates by Rockstar, it is almost a $100 million game.

Now, some MMOs like Star Wars: The Old Republic and the likes dwarf this figure, but you have to keep in mind that they are designed in mind with revenue generation and depend on a connected atmosphere.

Grand Theft Auto 5 could very well cost $137 million, according to an analyst Arvind Bhatia from  Sterne Agee.

He came at this conclusion based on 250 people working on the game for four years and also revealed that Rockstar could make back the money since it will most likely sell 18 million units and outsell Call of Duty this year.

The game was earlier delayed to September 17, 2013, from an original release window of Spring 2013. Bhatia estimates that the game will bring Take-Two $193.6 million in operating profit in the fiscal year it will be released in.

“[T]his is a long-awaited title that consumers are unlikely to pass up and we remain bullish on our outlook for this title and for the company,” he predicted.

The game certainly looks ambitious and considering the massive critical acclaim its predecessor got, this game looks to do the same.

  • zdotadtrfan

    And it’s gonna make that money back easily.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paulo-Panganiban/100001117858073 Paulo Panganiban

    My question is, where the fuck is the special edition pre-orders?

  • rogerroger

    Was I the only one that thought that San Andreas was better then GTA 4?

    • Bobakanushe

      It’s a thousand times better than that piece of garbage known as GTA 4. San Andreas actually had things to do outside of the main story missions (fun things). Going bowling and playing darts isn’t really compelling gameplay. I’m hoping with 5 that they learned their mistakes and not pack all of the extra stuff in with DLC.

      • bob

        are you kidding me!? both games were very enjoyable, but gta iv blew me away graphically and with the much needed physics update, it gave the game a much more realistic feel. i love every gta game, the only one i don’t really care for is 2, but i think everyone knows what’s up

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002438898267 Adam Plymale

          Grand Theft Auto 4 runs like complete utter crap, hopefully GTA 5 will be a proper port.

          • http://www.facebook.com/Mahmoud321 Mahmoud Zein

            gta 4 was amazing game

          • http://twitter.com/Brock5amson Brock 5amson

            You think GTA 5 will be great? Yea it might be, but go Google “Watch Dogs” than tell me which one will be the king, cause It won’t be GTA thats for sure.

          • Nick Hunt

            Ya can’t argue with brock samson…seriously, even if he was wrong, which he’s not he’d kill ya for trying ;P. Speaking of which When the eff will there be new venture brothers anyone know?

          • Liac0s

            The king will be Assassin’s Creed IV. Not a game like GTA 5 or Watch Dogs. Seriously, today’s gamers have no taste anymore … Sadly … :(

          • I keep forgetting my login.

            Rofl, you think a game with a predecessor that just dropped last October which still has bugs in and outside of the multiplayer has a chance to be king over two of the more anticipated titles? You’re in for a world of disappointment my friend. If 3′s story was rushed and lackluster and that was supposedly in the making for years, what makes you think 4 will be any better?

          • http://www.facebook.com/pepe.mathers Pepe ChicanosBest Mathers

            Watch Dogs brings some thing new to the table while assassin’s creed and gta is just playing it safe

          • http://www.facebook.com/hakeemearl.villaver Hakeem Earl Villaver

            Watch Dogs is Unrealistic.. and GTA they just want Realistic..

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002438898267 Adam Plymale

            Realism ruins games, if GTA was realistic then the police forces in the game would be MUCH more competent, and driving would be a pain in the ass, and you’d probably die in one hit, and probably have to reload a save because you got shot in the head, weapons wouldn’t be found laying on the ground (and they wouldn’t emit a red light), and there wouldn’t be disease ridden birds that emit red light either.
            Sometimes you want a change though, I understand. Maybe someone will make a Tactical mod. But also some people just want to have a good time.

            GTA 4 was pretty good, but it runs terribly, so I can’t really play it and enjoy it. I have to get eye strain.

            Also why the fuck are people who play Dark Souls rude over-reactive assholes? The only tip you get from those fucks is “Stop sucking” or “just don’t die”.
            And even “If you don’t like it, don’t play it.”

            I know you can’t please everyone, but you sure can please alot of people. This is why you make separate modes, if you wanna play like the old days, select ‘classic mode’, if you’re new you go lower.
            Terraria did that, and that was a great idea, it did it for me.
            Some people hate permadeath, some people are fine with it, and some people are assholes about it.
            Allow people to disable it, it’s just a save deletion function, it should be totally optional.

          • Nasarex

            well that’s not for sure, GTA is probably the game with most lovers, fans and players… GTA 5 will be a better success!

    • Ethan Navarro

      I completely agree with you…

    • http://www.facebook.com/dean.sangereanu Sangereanu Dean

      no

    • http://www.facebook.com/nathan.madden.528 Nathan Madden

      no gta sa was best gta game

  • Blaze

    GTA4 was embarrassing. Jumping to 4 after San Andreas, and finding no flyable aircraft, no special vehicles, no special weapons, and barely any character customization, GTA4 was probably the biggest troll in the gta universe.

    • pop

      That’s what happens when you jump not only to a new engine, but to a whole new console generetaion. GTA 4 was an awesome start off for the RAGE engine.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002267494663 Ryuhza Murphy Timmuns

      Euphoria drunkeness was nice though.

  • http://twitter.com/nico53laval Nico Anton

    I sure hope it’s got good graphics then… Or at least mod support so I can put on ENB and texture mods.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Koskey/810717611 Jason Koskey

    I hope they took notes from Saints Row on how to take some of the annoyances out and keep the gameplay FUN.

    • pop

      no

  • ghost

    i live in iraq and i can buy this game for 1 dollar and it works

  • Chris

    I know right, GTA IV sucked so much. Seriously, everyone knows that gamers don’t want emotional storytelling, well-written characters, and realistically designed cities to play around in. We want the ability to put a purple afro on our character and drive an ice cream truck around, blowing the s*** out of everything in sight. Oh that’s right, some of us actually enjoy QUALITY. If you like good games, play GTA IV, if you simply want more crap to do, play Saint’s Row or go outside and shoot squirrels with your BB gun.

  • pink

    I think these people are forgetting TESO

    The Elder Scrolls has never not total dominated the market with their game releases GTA is small cookies compares to TES, and TESO may be the biggest elder scrolls game to date.

    • 420YoloSwag

      wtf does TES have to do with GTA.

      • Nick Hunt

        420 I believe pink is confusing profit for production cost. GTA4 was the most expensive game to make(mostly do to microsoft). Tho the TES series always makes allot of money the games don’t require that much money to be made. Also San andreas was shit tons better than 4, anyone who says otherwise is a liar or an idiot. You could do way more in it. 4 was very limited(again mostly because of microsoft). With any luck the 5 will be just on next gens so they won’t have to sacrifice gameplay for graphics unless the next xbox still uses obsolete dvds then we are all damned to play half made games or switch to sony exclusives.

  • dannys

    If GTA 4 ran like crap, you were probably playing it on a crappy console and not the PC version. PC gaming will come back and crush consoles

  • Adrianzzz

    It’s not like they will not sell at least 4 million copies, which is 2x the cost of production. So, what’s the big deal?

  • Emil Engh

    We’ll see..

    So far it’s only announced on on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. I really hope they optimized it better for the Playstation 3 version this time; as then I know which copy I’ll be getting. Xbox 360 gotta come on more discs, with a mandatory installation.

    But Rockstar really showed off their optimization of the RAGE engine towards the Playstation 3 with their last titles; L.A Noire (2011) and Max Payne (2012).

    As GTA IV (2008) and Red Dead Redemption (2010) sort of identical considering game mechanics, and animations and so on.

    Bottom line: I assume I’ll just pick up the game for both platforms when it launches; then give away the less superior version to someone who wants it for free.

  • likalaruku

    SWtOR cost $200 million.

    According to VIDEO GAME SALES WIKI, if you adjust for inflation, Final Fantasy VII cost $207 million.

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