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It cost $540m in just development costs! Skyrim, for example (from what I found online) cost $40-50m. That's 10.8-13.5 Skyrims. Halo 2 was $40m, and it was big at the time. The Witcher 3 cost $81m in total, not just development. Ghost of Tsushima (which is modern, so surprisingly low, but still not small) was $60m.
Yeah, no way in hell do I think RDR2 was worth it. I'm fine with some large games being made, but this is ridiculous. It's why the industry is in such a rough spot. They're putting ridiculous money behind singular projects instead of spreading out risk while also making more unique games. These massive games can't take risks, because the budgets are too massive. That's why they've all become so bland.