| 26 February 2010
The most expensive game to be made is……
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV, according to numbers from Digital Battle.
Video games in terms of budget, are already close to Hollywood movies budget. In the early 90s, video game budgets were around $100,000. Today, that barely covers one month worth of production.
With a rumoured budget of $100m, Rockstar’s game finishes above the likes of Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo ($80m), Sega’s Dreamcast epic Shenmue ($70), Microsoft’s commercial flop Too Human ($60m) and PS3 hit Metal Gear Solid 4 ($60m).
Here’s the list in full :
1. Grand Theft Auto 4: $100 million
2. Gran Turismo: $80 million
3. Shenmue: $70 million
4. Too Human: $60 million plus
5. Metal Gear Solid 4: $60 million
6. Halo 3: $55 million
7. APB: $50 million
8. L.A. Noire: $50 million
9. Final Fantasy XII: $48 million
10. Killzone 2: US$45 million
With games made at such a crazy cost, no wonder costs of games are always increasing!!