Sony accidentally leaked the budgets and development timelines of two of its biggest titles by failing to properly redact a court-submitted document as part of the FTC v. Microsoft hearing.
According to the document, wherein sensitive data was redacted via what appears to be sharpie scribbles that don’t hold up against the seeing power of a scanner, both “The Last of Us Part 2” and “Horizon Forbidden West” commanded budgets over $200 million. Though it’s hard to decipher the exact figures through the attempted redactions, it appears “Last of Us” cost $220 million and “Forbidden West” cost $212 million.
The document reiterates that the aforementioned price tags are development costs and that marketing expenses are a separate matter.