*Could Grand Theft Auto VI really be a $2 billion video game?*
Rockstar hasn't confirmed the final price tag, but high-end estimates have put the total cost of developing and marketing GTA VI near *$2 BILLION*, potentially making it the most expensive entertainment production ever created.
Bright and Duds dig into what could possibly cost that much, from more than a decade of development and hundreds of thousands of animations to an absurdly detailed open world designed to make fictional Florida feel almost real.
And somehow... Rockstar may still make the money back ridiculously fast.
We compare GTA VI's massive investment to GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hollywood's most expensive movies and even the Burj Khalifa. Plus, GTA V has already sold hundreds of millions of copies, GTA VI will start at $80, and analysts expect Rockstar's next game to generate billions.
But there's another problem nobody warned us about: *We're not 25 anymore.*
How are guys with jobs, wives, kids and actual responsibilities supposed to find 80-100 hours to finish this thing? Bright is already considering PTO.
We also look back at just how different the world was when GTA V arrived in 2013, debate whether making GTA _too realistic_ could actually make it less fun, argue about physical games disappearing, somehow wander into the correct order for watching Star Wars, and remember when video games didn't require scheduling meetings with your own family.
Then it's *Local in the Lou*:
🏒 The serious story involving Blues prospect Matthew Mayich and the ASU workout that left him hospitalized
📺 The Blues' new local streaming deal through Amazon Prime Video
⚾ Stan Kroenke is buying the Los Angeles Angels because apparently owning half of professional sports wasn't enough
⚽ St. Louis CITY SC spends big on Rafael Navarro and Damion Downs at the MLS deadline
And we debut the first official:
*ASK DUDS ANYTHING: BITCOIN EDITION ₿*
Listener questions this week: *Can Bitcoin be manipulated just like fiat currency?*
And...
*If we still need dollars to buy groceries, pay our mortgages and determine what Bitcoin is worth, is Bitcoin actually money yet?*
That leads into Bitcoin supply versus price manipulation, whales, custodians, cold wallets, FTX, government intervention, fiat inflation and whether Bitcoin could ever become something people actually price everyday life in.
Plus Labor Day plans, the Four Seasons, Gordon Ramsay, river weekends and the usual completely unnecessary tangents.
🎙️ *NFNP 2x30: GTA VI: The $2 Billion Video Game*
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