[STEAM] 007 First Light Budget Reportedly More Than $200 Million

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Developer IO Interactive's

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reportedly had a budget of more than $200 million and took seven years to make.

Behind-the-scenes details on the Denmark-based studio's latest were shared in a report by the

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. According to the outlet, the James Bond video game was especially expensive to bring to life at 1.3 billion Danish krone (a little more than USD $202 million) to develop.

According to reporting from

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, that makes 007 First Light the most expensive entertainment product in the country's history. IO had no comment to share regarding its reported budget when contacted by IGN.

It's worth putting that $200 million figure into context. Most of the triple-A video game budgets that make headlines do so for being in the hundreds of millions of dollars range.

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, for example. Concord's initial development deal was around $200 million, according to a report by

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. In 2023, documents submitted as part of the Xbox Federal Trade Commission case

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. So, in that context, 007's $200 million seems par for the course.

Some games have astronomical budgets much ******* than 007's. For example, last year

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after a court document confirmed Activision pumped $700 million into

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alone, although that was over the shooter's life cycle. At the top of the tree is GTA 6, which may well be the most expensive video game ever made; parent company Take-Two

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As for IO's development timeline for the new James Bond game, we already know the project was

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. If the Danish Broadcasting Corporation's reporting is accurate, it would mean the Hitman studio had entered some form of development on the project around one year before its reveal.

IO launched 007 First Light for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S last week, May 27. It's unclear exactly what numbers the studio would need to hit to recoup its costs or how that reported $200 million budget breaks down, but we do know that it's already off to a strong start.

On May 29, just two days after its launch, IO announced the game had already managed to become

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. According to Alinea Analytics head of market analysis

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, Valve's Steam platform accounted for 500,000 copies from that number, generating about $25 million in revenue alone.

The success of 007 First Light all arrives without the help of a Nintendo Switch 2 version, which is expected to arrive

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. Should IO's third-person adventure game prove successful enough, it

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, though details on that front have not been officially mentioned quite yet.

IGN called 007 First Light "amazing" in our

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. We said, "Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a way no one has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the best Bond game I’ve ever played."

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