List of most expensive video games to develop - Wikipedia
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Not GTA, not Star Citizen, not any game with actual gameplay, story, or anything like that.

Just a freaking Niantic reskin for freaking Monopoly.

I live in the wrong timeline.

      • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
        13·
        2 days ago

        I honestly feel kind of proud that I’ve never heard of it. Off the grid and shit.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          2 days ago

          I’m hardly “off the grid”, but I’ve managed to get enough distance between my eyeballs and the fire hose of ads not to see it more than tangentially, while pocking around the Google Play store.

          I do pity anyone who doesn’t have the kind of tech-friendly elders willing/able to scrub all the bloatware off their retail devices, though. Had to spent an hour de-contaminating my mom’s new Samsung because of all the random extra adware packed into it. And with newer mainline devices, it feels like a constant struggle. Heaven help anyone on Windows 11.

          • Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            I’m the one who my friends turn to for tech advice and omg I am so horrified that some of them never installed an adblocker before. Or just leave preinstalled garbage like mcafee around…

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              A lot of the modern devices make uninstalling a pain in the ass. Especially if its native bloatware that’s been bundled with the OS.

              • mrvictory1@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 day ago

                I had to pull up ADB so my samsung would stop recommending me disney plus, a preinstalled app called “AppCloud” has an undismissable notification that offers you sponsored apps.

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        Imagine what a gaming company with a $1billion budget for the game itself (and execs who stay the fuck out of the way instead of repeatedly changing direction…cough…EA…cough) and a marketing budget for whatever they actually spent on the game. We could have had Cyberpunk 4154 with a bit left over.

        • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          To be honest, I think there is diminishing returns on more money (look at star citizen for example).

          I feel like it would end up a live service game (where the extra money results in content over a long period of time) or just become bloated.