When we say the word “VIDEO GAME”, things that come to our mind are fun, enjoyment and timepass. But have we ever thought that how big this industry is? Let us give you a little idea, in the year 2020 video games generate $150 billion in sales worldwide. The video game industry is no longer a small focused market but it has become a mainstream industry. So today we are going to talk about the 10 most expensive video games ever developed.
Total Budget: $265 million
Developer: Rockstar North, Rockstart Games
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Year: 2013
Grand Theft Auto V or GTA V is the most expensive game ever developed to this date. GTA V has a huge budget of $265 million and took 5 years to develop. With its superb graphics and storyline, GTA V became a huge success. Grand Theft Auto V made $1 billion in the first 3 days of its release and to this date, the game is making good money for the company.
Total Budget: $250 million
Developer: Infinity Ward
Genre: First-person Shooter
Release Year: 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is still the most expensive game in the COD series with a huge budget of $250 million. Call of duty: Modern Warfare 2 was first named Call of Duty 6 that was later changed by its publisher Activision. The game made $310 million in the first 24 hours of its release in the UK and USA.
Total Budget: $200 million
Developer: BioWare Austin
Genre: Multiple Online Role-playing Game
Release Year: 2011
Star Wars: The Old Republic is an online role-playing game based on the story and characters from the Star Wars movie franchise. They had a budget of $200 million and had already made over a billion dollars in lifetime sales. Star Wars: The Old Republic had over one million subscribers in the first 24 hours of the game release.
Total Budget: $180 million
Developer: Cloud Imperium Games
Genre: Multiple Online Role-playing Game, First-person Shooter
Release Year: 2015
Star Citizen was announced in 2010 and keep release in 2015 for testing to pre-purchase. Star Citizen is the biggest crowdfunded project in the gaming industry and they have raised more than $400 million in crowdfunding to this date. This game is still under development and the company is still taking money but failing to deliver on its promises. We all hope that we got to see the complete game soon.
Destiny is an online first-person shooter game with more than 25 million registered users. Destiny has a budget of $140 million and had made more than $1 billion in sales in the first year of its release. Destiny 2 has been launched as its successor in 2017.
Total Budget: $125 million
Developer: Eidos-Montreal
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Year: 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is second in series of reboot games and has a huge improvement over its predecessor with a huge budget of $125 million. The game received a great rating over all the platforms .i.e PC, PS4 and Xbox respectively 77, 75 and 82.
Total Budget: $120 million
Developer: Electronic Arts
Genre: Survival Horror
Release Year: 2008
Dead Space is part of a fantasy book and game series. Dead Space was released in 2008 and sold 1 million copies in its first year. Dead Space was not a commercial success and didn’t do as per the developer's expectations. The game has 2 more games in the series Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3.
Total Budget: $120 million
Developer: Bungie
Genre: First-person Shooter
Release Year: 2004
Halo 2 is the second game in the Halo franchise published by Microsoft Game Studios. Halo 2 sold 2.5 million copies and earned $125 million in just 24 hours of its release. Halo 2 is considered the best-selling game of first-generation Xbox games with more than 8.5 million copies sold in just the first year.
Total Budget: $114 million
Developer: Square
Genre: Role Playing Game
Release Year: 1997
Final Fantasy VII was the first game to be published on CD. As of 2020 game has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Final Fantasy VII is the game that you will find in almost every top 10 gaming list of all time. The game is available on almost every platform like Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, Android and IOS with very good reviews.
Total Budget: $105 million
Developer: Rockstar Games
Genre: Third-person Shooter
Release Year: 2012
Max Payne 3 is the third in series of Max Payne games developed by Rockstart Studios. The Game was released in 2012 after being pushed its release date from 2009. Max Payne 3 had a huge budget of $105 million and sold 3 million copies in its first week. After Max Payne 2 didn’t get a good response from people, Max Payne 3 had a lot of pressure to perform well and it did.
This was the list of 10 most expensive games ever developed, so what do you think of this? Do you think are they really worth this much money? Let us know your thoughts in the comment box below.
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