Mukul Deora: Average AAA game costs $100M to $200M to produce
Mukul Deora · S2E8: Indian Mythology x Gaming: The Age of Bhaarat ft. Amish Tripathi & Mukul Deora · Mar 19, 2026 · at 49:41
Mukul Deora, producer and co-founder of Tara Gaming, compares the cost structure and commercial upside of AAA gaming to blockbuster movie production.
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“The average AAA game costs a 102 hundred million dollars, and if it does well, it can do hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.”
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