After discussing it with Mitchell, Mitchell immediately set about carrying out Wang Yi's plan.
Just three days later, he reported back to Wang Yi. "Boss, this game will need an additional $200 million investment in the early stages, and it'll need even more later."
Wang Yi nodded. "No problem."
Wang Yi had a lot of faith in Mitchell's ability to get things done. The guy might be no good at basketball, but he seemed capable of doing just about anything else.
He had hired a professional team to evaluate and study the project, and had also brought in professional accountants to prepare an initial budget.
Only after that had they arrived at the conclusion that it would require $200 million.
Of course, that was only the initial additional investment.
According to the experts' discussions and analysis, if the game were to be completed, its final production costs would likely exceed $3 billion.
That was an absolutely staggering investment.
After all, an NBA team was generally worth somewhere between $3 billion and $7 billion.
And the most expensive game ever made up to that point had cost only $500 million.
Wang's Game would require $3 billion, and that was only a preliminary estimate. Developing just the technology to link the headset to the user's consciousness would be incredibly difficult and require a great deal of time and manpower.
And even once the technology was mature, Wang Yi wanted every detail of the game to replicate the real world.
For example, they would scan the buildings in every city in the world and recreate every scenic spot.
Even if you didn't play basketball after entering the game, traveling around in it would still be a great experience.
After all, eating and lodging in the game wouldn't cost you a cent in real