@apujanata, Tom Crago, the CEO of Tantalus and the president of the Game Developers' Association of Australia is responsible for this information. I guess he just knows the figures for how large this budget is and the figures for the other largest budgeted games in the world.
He definitely knows GTA IV's budget. Thus, if he is making this claim then it's pretty certain that this game is around GTA IV's budget, if not higher already.
He provided this info during an overview of the Australian game development industry at GC Asia 2008.
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Tom Crago, the CEO of Tantalus and the president of the Game Developers' Association of Australia is responsible for this information. I guess he just knows the figures for how large this budget is and the figures for the other largest budgeted games in the world.
He definitely knows GTA IV's budget. Thus, if he is making this claim then it's pretty certain that this game is around GTA IV's budget, if not higher already.
He provided this info during an overview of the Australian game development industry at GC Asia 2008.