GTA V development costs over $137 million, says analyst

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dsgrue3 said:

green_sky said:

dsgrue3 said:

Yeah it's pretty amazing. I mean only recently did the games industry as a whole become a billion dollar industry, and R* with one game comprise 23% of it.

That is some bizzare math right there if i am understanding it right. Also gaming industry has been a billion dollar industry for a long time. It has exceeded Hollywood Box office revenue ($15 billion) some time back. It also did 19.1 billion in sales in 1990. In inflation terms that would be close to $31 billion today. 

I am sorry if i misunderstood your 23% figure but i responded to best of my understanding of that comment. 

$230 million / $1 billion = 23%

Real world numbers do make it bizarre. Thanks.

$1 billion total operating income seems rather low considering $28 billion in revenue from software sales in 2012. Oh well.