I'm going to point out that Mountaintop Studios in that list received $35m in investment. Anyone heard of it? Probably not. Mainframe Industries? Ever heard of it? $23m. ProbablyMonster's? $200m. Gunzilla Games? $46m. Multiple studios on that list easily receiving dozens of millions in investments due to the name behind them, they are more than capable of funding an AAA title.
Gavin Raeburn is already likely a multi-millionaire thanks to Microsoft buying his company. He's the Co-Creator of Playground Games, he helped create one of Xbox's biggest IPs ever, a multi-million selling title which later led to them being acquired by Microsoft, that man is getting either a very large investment, a very large publishing deal or is going to be acquired.
I've zero reason to doubt his AAA claims.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 27 March 2023
