2 Most Expensive Computer Games in the World
Posted on June 25th, 2008 in:
World's most expensive computer game
The World's Most expensive Computer Game
Grand Theft Auto IV is officially the most expensive computer game ever developed. Rockstar North president and Grand Theft Auto IV producer Leslie Benzies reveled in an interview with the Times Online that this super game had a budget estimated at ≈ €70,85 million ≈ £61,56 million$100,00 million.
About 1,000 developers, designers, producers and other video game-related professionals worked on the Grand Theft Auto IV for more than three and a half years.
While developing the game Rockstar set up time-lapse cameras on New York rooftops to capture the correct intensity of the rain, and took over 100,000 photographs on location to piece together Liberty City.
Predictions are that the game could possibly gross more than ≈ €283,39 million ≈ £246,24 million$400,00 million in the first week alone, which would also be a record.
2nd Most Expensive Computer Game in the World
Sega Dreamcast game called Shenmue released in 1999 has been the most expensive video game in the terms of development expenses until beaten by Rockstar North Grand Theft Auto IV.
2nd world's most expensive computer game
Shenmue's development cost over ≈ €49,59 million ≈ £43,09 million$70,00 million million and it took over 7 years to complete. The game was produced and directed by Yu Suzuki for the Sega-AM2 and for almost a decade carried the title of the most expensive video game ever made.
However, Shenmue was only able to sell 1.2 million copies and came nowhere close to making a profit.