Monday, February 14, 2022
Do you know how much it costs developers to make games? It turns out that there are several titles whose production costs are very large, you know.
- In an interview, David Anfossi, Head of Eidos Montreal, revealed that the production budget of Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, ranged from USD 75 million - USD 100 million.
- Next comes the game by Kojima Productions and Konami Digital Entertainment, namely Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. With development costs up to USD 80 million.
- Carrying the MMO Third-Person Shooter concept, Defiance, became the game with the next most expensive production cost. It is known that he has spent up to USD 80 million.
- Considered one of the best First Person Shooter (FPS) franchises, it turns out that Battlefield 4 itself is not made cheaply. Because the developers poured money reaching USD 100 million.
- It is estimated that the Max Payne 3 game, made by Rockstar Games, has a production budget of USD 105 million.
- Rockstar Games also bravely spent up to USD 137 million,for the production costs at the beginning of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V game.
- Once again, Rockstar Games must be willing to spend up to USD 170 million. It is even predicted that the marketing costs for reading Dead Redemption 2 will reach USD 300 million.
- Based on the company's financial reports, as much as USD 174 million was used to develop Cyberpunk 2077.
- It is known that Star Wars: The Old Republic, has a development budget of USD 200 million. This makes it the most expensive and ambitious Electronic Arts (EA) project of all time.
- For the title of the most expensive game ever made, held by Star Citizen. Its development started in 2011 and the cost is USD 275 million.
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