Analyst: GTAV Cost$137 Million But Will Sell 18 Million

According to GamesIndustry.biz , Sterne Agee industry analyst Arvind Bhatia anticipates the costof making Grand Theft Auto V to be around $137 million. But he anticipates the game will sell 18 million, which would generate$230 million in operating profit.
Bhatia explained his"hypothetical profitability model" for GTAV, which was based on that $137.5 million budget and a team of 250 people working on the project for five years. But even with adding projected marketing costs between $69 million and $109.3 million, Bhatia still sees "huge returns" for publisher Take-Two Interactive. Even if the game "only" managed to sell 15 million copies, that would still result in an operating profit of $193.6 million for the fiscal year. If it sold 25 million copies, it would result in a whopping $390.8 million profit.
For the time being, Bhatia thinks the hotly anticipated blockbuster will shift 18 million units in Take-Two's fiscal year, which would put it second only to Call ofDuty: Modern Warfare 3 in terms of sales this generation. ...well, come on. Does anyone really think GTAV won't rake in a ton ofcash?

Thanks for the info there mate, gosh GTA V will break COD series sales for sure so those fanboys could cry and rage that GTA V is a copy of COD.

Well I don't think GTA V would be anyhow rake in terms of cash..After all GTA V is the most anticipated game of 2013..

arijitsen wrote:Well I don't think GTA V would be anyhow rake in terms of cash..After all GTA V is the most anticipated game of 2013..

They should, because there are many people waiting for this game and also will even outsell FC3 in terms of free roaming-action game.

Well that is what the analysts thinks that Grand Theft Auto V will outsell the next Call Of Duty. It's really obvious now.