{"id":58216,"date":"2013-09-11T13:31:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=58216"},"modified":"2013-09-11T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T11:33:30","slug":"most-expensive-games-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/58216-most-expensive-games-ever-made","title":{"rendered":"Most expensive games ever made"},"content":{"rendered":"

With news that\u00a0GTA 5 may just be the most expensive\u00a0<\/a>game<\/a> ever made<\/a>, MyGaming decided to have a look at which games broke the piggy bank to make it onto store shelves.<\/p>\n

The following estimated game budgets are listed from various sources.<\/p>\n

Star Wars: The Old Republic – $200 million<\/h3>\n

Bioware\u2019s ambitious Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic, has had its ups and downs since launch. However, given its size, it\u2019s no surprise that it boasts one of the biggest development budgets out there.<\/p>\n

\"Star<\/a><\/p>\n

GTA 4 \u2013 $100 million<\/h3>\n

GTA 4 is not only one of the biggest games around, but its high production value undoubtedly features an equally large cost. Rockstar\u2019s giant GTA project reportedly cost around $100 million to develop and market, but rightfully so, because it proved to be a bigger hit than anyone ever expected.<\/p>\n

\"GTA<\/a><\/p>\n

Disney Infinity – $100 million<\/h3>\n

Disney\u2019s new venture into the collectible figurine-video game crossover market segment has proved to be a success for Disney, but it definitely comes at a cost. Over $100 million was said to be invested into the development and marketing of the game \u2013 after all, the design and production of those figurines doesn\u2019t come for free.<\/p>\n

\"Disney<\/a><\/p>\n

Red Dead Redemption – $100 million<\/h3>\n

Once again, Rockstar makes the list. Perhaps the developer spent a huge chunk of money on a time-travel machine, because Rockstar nailed the spaghetti-Western-inspired theme, setting, and mood in 2010\u2019s Red Dead Redemption. Like other Rockstar projects, RDR had a bar of quality that many other developers couldn\u2019t reach, making it a pinnacle of game design in the current-generation.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

Gran Turismo 5 – $80 million<\/h3>\n

Every Gran Turismo game obviously takes a huge budget to put together \u2013 the tracks, car licenses and meticulous research into the automotive industry must cost a fortune, and the fifth instalment reportedly racked up an $80 million development budget.<\/p>\n

\"Gran<\/a><\/p>\n

Battlefied 3<\/strong> and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/strong> are also said to be up there in terms of costs, with Battlefield 3’s marketing budget reportedly around $100 million alone, however, there are no final numbers regarding the overall costs of the games’ development.<\/p>\n

Source(s): GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>, BBC News<\/a>, Los Angeles Times<\/a>, Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/h6>\n

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GTA 5 cost R2.6-billion to make<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Which games raised the bar in terms of development budgets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":58218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[11222,11221,11219,11223,3180,2045,7603,21,11220,10946,921],"class_list":["post-58216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-costs","tag-development-costs","tag-disney-infinity","tag-expensive-games","tag-feature","tag-gran-turismo-5","tag-gta-4","tag-headline","tag-most-expensive","tag-red-dead-redemption","tag-star-wars-the-old-republic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58291,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58216\/revisions\/58291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}