Rumours: Forspoken's budget could have been more than $100 million, but this did not help the game become successful
The release of Forspoken cannot be called a success: terrible reviews on Metacritic (only 3.5 points from players) and not the best game solutions led to the fact that the game is already available at a discount in the PlayStation Store, although it was released in January 2023. But what was the budget of the game?
Here's What We Know
According to the LinkedIn page of the former developer Luminous Productions, Forspoken's budget could have been more than $100,000,000. This is not the highest figure for AAA games. For comparison, the development of GTA V cost $137 million, and Red Dead Redemption 2 cost more than $170 million. But these games have become cult titles. And Forspoken is unlikely to achieve this status ever again. Moreover, Square Enix has already stated that the game's sales were not the best.
Forspoken's budget. pic.twitter.com/xBd8q2EJpc
- Timur222 (@bogorad222) 13 March 2023
Flashback
After the release of Forspoken, Luminous Productions was absorbed by Square Enix and the studio no longer exists. In its 5-year history, Luminous managed to release only one game.
Source: @bogorad222, vg247
