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Over $600 Million Later, Star Citizen Is Now at the Alpha 3.20 Stage (www.ign.com)
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Supervisor194 11 points 1 year ago

AAA games also tend to do esoteric things like "release" and "become profitable" and "spawn sequels."