Thu, Feb 25, 2010 | 07:30 GMT
Report – GTA IV is the most expensive game ever made
According to a report from Digital Battle, Grand Theft Auto IV is the most expensive game ever made.
Budget for the Rockstar North title came in at $100 million before its release in April 2008.
Second came Gran Turismo 5 with $80 million spent, while Shenmue came third with costs of $70 million.
The top five is rounded off by Too Human and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which both came in at $60 million+ and $60 million respectively.
The full list is through the link above.
Thanks, Kotaku.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: gran turismo 5, grand theft auto iv, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, rockstar north, too human
13 comments
#1
Gekidami
25/02/10, 7:42 am
This was already a pretty well known fact…
#2
JimFear666
25/02/10, 8:46 am
woah thats surprising to see that gt5 cost 80 millions to do.
#3
Captain Fruitloop
25/02/10, 9:08 am
$60 million for Too Human, and then straight into the bargain bins. Ouch.
And $80 million for a PS3-only driving game just sounds mental.
#4
Gekidami
25/02/10, 9:14 am
Its interesting to see that MS spent $200 million on marketing for Halo 3. I wonder if they ever turned a profit from the game.
#5
Blerk
25/02/10, 9:21 am
I can’t quite believe anyone could spend $200 million on marketing a game! That’s fucking ridiculous!
#6
Ianman
25/02/10, 9:27 am
100 million for GTAIV?? I didn’t know that. I still play it often. Love that game! Looking forward to GTAV
#7
Bulk Slash
25/02/10, 11:16 am
Shenmue was worth every penny Sega spent on it. It’s just a shame Yu Suzuki has barely been let near a development team since.
#8
The Hindle
25/02/10, 11:20 am
I found out last night that Halo 3 has sold 8m copies thats impressive.
#9
Razor
25/02/10, 11:33 am
Kaz said the budget for GT5 was $60 million…I’m not sure I believe these numbers at all.
#10
soylent_grey
25/02/10, 11:45 am
Not to sound like a blow-hard, but is there a single source for any of these statistics? Why on earth is everyone linking to this non-story?
#11
Phoenixblight
25/02/10, 12:04 pm
The only reason why GTA4 cost that much is because Rockstar was developing the engine for future GTA atleast until next gen console. They will be using the same engine for GTA5.
#12
Goliath
25/02/10, 4:12 pm
@ Gekidami
Are you kidding? Halo is a multimillion dollar entertainment property. The game is already over 10 million sold but the real success is the merchandising. Toys, books, etc. I’m looking at the Brute Chieftain action figure on my desk right now. It generated 350 million dollars in revenue its launch week.
#13
Gekidami
25/02/10, 8:20 pm
Kojima Productions’ Kenichiro Imaizumi has debunked this:
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/02/25/kojima_productions_twitter/
Wonder what other figures are wrong then.