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Over $600 Million Later, Star Citizen Is Now at the Alpha 3.20 Stage::Star Citizen’s long-running development has inched forward yet again, this time to Alpha 3.20 stage.
Over $600 Million Later, Star Citizen Is Now at the Alpha 3.20 Stage::Star Citizen’s long-running development has inched forward yet again, this time to Alpha 3.20 stage.
That’s the cost of about three typical AAA games. Genshin Impact’s costs up to around its second year of development is also about that much.
The average cost of a AAA game is $80m.
“AAA games are the big-budget games that large studios and publishers typically make. The average AAA game takes about four years to develop, with an average cost of about $80 million and higher. But this amount can vary significantly depending on the type of game and its level of complexity.”
-https://rocketbrush.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-a-game
AAA games also tend to do esoteric things like “release” and “become profitable” and “spawn sequels.”