'GTA 5' Costs $265 Million To Develop And Market, Making It The Most Expensive Video Game Ever Produced: Report.

According to The Scotsman, the accessible video bold “Grand Theft Auto 5” (“GTA 5”) is this a lot of big-ticket video bold anytime produced, sitting at a development and business account of £170 million, or $265 million.

 video game "Grand Theft Auto 5," also known as "GTA 5" Facebook/Rockstar Games

The astronomic account for “GTA 5” dwarfs what were aforetime the better video bold budgets and rivals Hollywood blockbusters.
The antecedent almanac holder for the a lot of big-ticket video bold produced was “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” with a account of $200 million. In comparison, the next video amateur on the account of a lot of big-ticket video amateur produced cover “Grand Theft Auto 4,” “Disney Infinity” and “Red Dead Redemption,” which had a $100 actor account each.
“GTA 5’s” account aswell rivals Hollywood blockbuster budgets, such as “Avatar’s” $237 actor account and Disney blur “Tangled’s” $260 actor budget.
“GTA 5” was developed by Rockstar North, the Edinburgh, Scotland based video bold developer aforetime accepted as DMA Design. Rockstar North was aswell amenable created the aboriginal “Grand Theft Auto.”
After Rockstar Amateur appear “Grand Theft Auto 3,” they purchased DMA Design in 2002, renaming it Rockstar North.
“GTA 5” is appointed to be appear on September 17, 2013 for the Playstation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360.