MGSV costs 80 million to develop.

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ihatefatkatz said:
Is that excessive for a video game?

yes. Uncharted 2's development budget was around 21 million. GoW3 was 48 million. Max Payne, one of the most expensive video games ever made was 100 million. its a huge budget sure, but MGSV will easily be profitable with a budget like that.