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007 First Light Cost $200 Million to Make — IO Interactive Needs Around 2 Million More Sales to Break Even

A promotional image for the game '007 First Light' announces '1.5 million copies sold' with '1.5M sales achieved in the first 24h' displayed prominently, featuring logos for PS5, Xbox, Steam, Epic Store, IOI, Glacier, Amazon MGM Studios, and Delphi at the bottom.

The website of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) revealed that Copenhagen-based game developer IO Interactive took over seven years and more than 1.3 billion kroner ($200 million) to make 007 First Light. The timeline is probably not that surprising to those who have followed the game since its announcement, which took place in November 2020 as “Project 007”. The game was likely in development for at least a year and a half before the announcement. The budget figure is fairly high, but not incredibly so. We know that triple-A games can easily cost $300 million nowadays, and the studio has […]

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