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shikamaru317 said:

Chris Dring says “PHYSINT budget at Xbox is reportedly around $400 Million”

Jason Schreier was asked to comment; he said the Xbox deal for PHYSINT potentially significantly less than $400 Million

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So basically it reads like Christopher Dring heard that Kojima asked Sony for $400m basically because they had a laundry list of expensive A list Hollywood actors they wanted, Sony said no to both that pitch and a cheaper pitch from Kojima, Chris thought Xbox agreed to pay for the full laundry list of A-list actor pitch, but Schreier has heard from an Xbox source with firsthand knowledge of the deal that Xbox paid significantly less too sign Physint, though it could still go over budget before the end.

$400 million would be insane. Most single-player focused AAA games cost $200-$300 million on average. I am guessing Microsoft is paying closer to that average.