OpenAI's Astra Burns Through $200/Month Tokens in a Day, Game Dev Complains
SnooPeripherals2672 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A game developer says OpenAI's Astra is a huge leap over 5.6 — it runs continuously without randomly stopping — but that also means it burns tokens extremely fast: a full day of nonstop work exhausted the $200/month subscription, requiring a limited reset and stalling development. He uses Astra to generate equipment animations for his game and reports it still makes basic mistakes like twisting arms, with each fix consuming more tokens. He argues the quota should be at least doubled and asked for tips on cheaper animation generation.
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